PNicholls

Uttoxeter inspected last Thursday morning because of the threat of frost. But in my opinion they have far longer term problems than the recent cold spell - namely the heavy ground there. Trainers such as Alan King, Nicky Henderson and Oliver Sherwood spoke about the ground there in less than glowing terms earlier in the week, and I have to say I agree. Uttoxeter have to make their minds up whether they are a summer track or a winter track. But they can't have both, and it seems to me that greed is why they currently attempt to. You can't put hundreds of gallons of water on the ground during the summer to keep it race-able and then expect to maintain decent ground when the rains arrive later in the autumn and winter. Because the ground there is consistently heavy as a result. I...