|
By:
I am very saddened to read this man of many moods, I think grendel would possibly regret his comments in hindsight and was just dissappointed because he thought his big priced winner still had not gained him promotion. I can see why you would feel this way and can only ask you to reconsider your decision and I think grendel may owe you an apology.
|
|
By:
I sincerely apologise to man of many moods for any offence my posts may have caused, I am very passionate about fair play and during my many years both participating and administrating in this competition have seen many abuses of using non-runners on the final day to secure a position, I understand that subsequent non runners cannot be replaced after off time of first race but in this instance man of many moods selection was down in the paper as 'doubtful' which 99.9% of the time means non runner, this I probably would not have noticed had i not looked to see how i may have fared after my 12/1 winner came in.
I noticed that undecided had a selection that was a decs selection but had not been declared for the day, this I felt put man of many moods in a dilemma as he needed either a non runner or a winner to remain in the final promotion spot in relation to undecided. I was wrong to air my thoughts on the matter and I now realise I may have put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5 I hope man of many moods believes me when i say i meant no malice in my comments and the context received was not the context intended I hope man of many moods would accept my apology and remain a competitor. |
|
By:
the apology was slowly and sincerely written choosing my words carefully and when posted PDB had got his post in before me, so the apology was forthcoming anyway without prompting
|
|
By:
ffs – it’s so well written and sincere that I’m going to look like the bad guy now if I don’t carry on!
For what it’s worth, I’m currently in Cyprus where UK newspapers are ridiculously expensive and are mostly available a day late. I don’t buy them. I had no idea it was a ‘doubtful’ runner. And if what you say is true about people using non-runners as a tactic, then even more reason to change the rule to eliminate it. Anyway, apology accepted Grendel. As I wrote this morning, I can imagine how annoyed you must have felt after securing such a good-priced winner. But believe me, I was mildly annoyed when I found out I wasn’t allowed to re-select. First time it’s happened to me on the final day as far as I’m aware, and I didn’t know what the rule was. I was convinced it would somehow cost me promotion. Annoyed at myself as much as anything for not checking it before the first race once I read the ruling. A lesson learnt. Very well, I withdraw my resignation and will go in search of today’s winner. Good luck to you both for the coming month. |