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Posted by:
PNicholls
on Oct 10, 2011 at 09:47:04 AM
I have enough on my plate without getting too involved in the politics of the sport, but the decision has been made about the new whip rules and professionals in the sport have to give them a chance.
And I was happy to put my name behind them in the BHA press release last week, along with Sir Henry Cecil, Frankie Dettori and AP.
Don't get me wrong, I certainly wouldn't want to be riding these days and personally I was happy enough with the old rules. And having spoken to AP and Ruby about this at length this week, I can see both sides of the argument and the worries that some jockeys have.
There are new tough rules out there, and harsh penalties for those who transgress them, and they will take some adapting to.
But no-one can be in any doubt where they stand now - it is there...
Posted by:
PNicholls
on Apr 1, 2011 at 01:59:42 PM
When Nicky's assistant Tom Symonds announced he was leaving Seven Barrows last month, it got me thinking about my team at Ditcheat and how important Dan is to me.
So we had a long chat after Cheltenham, and I have decided to hand over the day-to-day training of my bumper horses/hurdlers to him next season - all bar the top-flighters like Big Buck's, of course - and give him more responsibility.
I will train the chasers and proven Grade 1 horses from Highbridge, where I live and am having a new house built, while Dan will train from the main stable, where he lives on site.
The transition should be seamless. He deserves it, and hopefully it will stop him leaving for new challenges and opportunities elsewhere!
I have heard Tom described as "gifted with an encyclopaedic brain for...