Saturday Racing 8th August.

Don't blame you. This "shergar cup day" is always farcical.

evening, barstool.

This period - between Goodwood and York Ebor meetings - and especially this Saturday, has always been historically the worst time of the year for UK horseracing.

Several Reasons:

Only so many good horses 'to go around' - and they run at either Goodwood or York, or both - or the Deaville (Month), too.

Peter O'Sullevan always used to take this month, or more, off and go on his holidays to Deauville - leaving the irritatingly Nasal-sounding John Hamner to do the BBC TV commentaries - at what little racing the BBC covered.

Note how the fixtures are ar or around the Seaside/Holiday Tracks - We have just had 3 days of the Brighton 'Festival' - and racing at seaside Yarmouth, Redcar etc.

In those years gone by - before Summer Jumping - The National Hunt season re-started in August  at - Devon & Exeter, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Fontwell, Only - all pretty much 'by the seaside'. (School Holidays)

Because this coming Saturday was always the worst Saturday of the year - in an effort to stimulate some betting turnover ....

- They invented - The Shergar Cup.

Whether that is/was an improvement, or not - remains in the eye of the beholder.

Basically, lots of money for rubbish. There are not enough excuses to cover all the bad weeks. Every week has loads of handicaps, you just get more runners in them at weekends. Sports falling apart.

Thanks for the enlightenment onlooker, just saw the cards and got a bit of a mundane feeling about them.

Roll on York.

am goingge forre RUMBA NUMBA 16/1 EW in 3,00 Haydock...   plenty can be given claimes here.... Rumba Numba has wom  toppe o groundde 1m races at two different tracjkes.....  theye were in lesser races tbf, butte bothe were atte tracjkes where itte good to be close2pace....  a bbitte unlucjky at Ascot two runnes bacjke, finishingge 5th in a Cl2 Handicap...                                                                             
                                                                                                                 
three of ye fieldde have ranne at tracjke; two have won here, includingge ye #prohibitively pricedde jolly, Fallen Angel 8/11, as welle as one of the outsiders, Mostar Dreams 66/1.....                                             
    fav lookes v shawrtte ere.... jolly aintte never won over ye mile trippe -four winnes at thatte distance- with any mentionne of "firm" in goingge descriptionne....  dont thinkke lotta rain due                                                 
    lookes like a lotta race-prominentte types here....   fromme boxxe five will hope RN gettes good possy - as likes to race #handy                                                                                             
   ye grey mare Fallen Angel is 5yo andde thatte age group dont have great recordde here... prolly dont runne in itte too often tho outte lst 15 runningges, there been one 5yo winner;  the restte all either three or four year olds...  verdijhkkte on jolly- #leave#offe....                                         
     11/1 us #priceguesse on la picjke Rumba Numba                             
                                                                                                                 
RUMBA NUMBA do me goin ew here in Haydock 3.00..... glucjke alle :)

Well spotted von , Rumba Numba 4 th . Paid over 2/1 on bfair, first four places.

Nevison collected his "pension" years ago

Most people have more than one.

Run out of 'rope' says Tom, haha n1.

those in the lauds are infinitely more qualified intelligent experienced and sensible and less open to corruption than the 6th-rate wanchors next door

so labour is getting rid of most of them and only allowing life peers, ie politically partial nonentities who will toe the party line

There are some excellent members, and others just placed there for loyalty and being buddies of the blob. The system doesn't distinguish, as you may already be aware, the only requirement to collect the daily tax free payment is to show up.

i am aware

soon it will be party-appointed only and much worse. abolish next door instead

ta brians   yeppe, me didde ye 4-pl atte justte bout 9/4 on here earleahhe   Rumba Numba 4th atte 16/1...  loser overalle for me tho thatte one arter usse win , ew & 3-pl #bettes.. small losse there - not 2bad ats...  thought was very unlucjky in-runne :(  couldnt gette #gappe when needede    didde look one of ye #likely ones, andde forre a longge waye as were travellingge v welle throughoutte race..                                   
                                                                                                                 
     Calender Girl 13/2 facile winna.. money downne.. wd themme                                                                         
  gotte goode #runferre there withe ye picjke RN.. aintte so bbadde

Fair dos Cider