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Scooby91 said:
Just to note, it's no special rule for hendo...

Paul Nicholls does it regularly at wincanton,

he also runs an interesting one, a couple of weeks before the Adonis to work out triumph/ fred winter.
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Which one is this Scooby? Houx Gris?
 
charlie said:
So if Hendo wanted to recreate race conditions and drill race fitness into some of his horses, as long as Newbury allowed it he could do whatever he wants?
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As far as I’m aware charlie trainers can request what they want.
Re-creating race conditions is probably a stretch too far though, I doubt any Clerk would allow a dozen or more horses galloping at the same time, similarly I doubt any trainer would request such given the long term need for relationships/collaboration...
 
Istabraq said:
As far as I’m aware charlie trainers can request what they want.
Re-creating race conditions is probably a stretch too far though, I doubt any Clerk would allow a dozen or more horses galloping at the same time, similarly I doubt any trainer would request such given the long term need for relationships/collaboration...
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Yeh re-creating race conditions is probably poorly phrased on my part, I mean more so creating competitive work over obstacles that's not a million miles away from what would physically be required if racing properly. Hope that makes sense. I know what I am trying to say!! :05.18-flustered:
 
On most desktops (Windows 10 in particular) there is a snipping tool which enables you to "snip" an image from your screen and then you can paste it where you like. I don't seem to be able to paste into a post. Does anyone know how to do that? I've tried saving as a PNG file and uploading from my desktop (not as convenient as a simple Ctrl+V) but that doesn't work either (it says link missing).

Just tried PDF file but couldn't load that as there is a size limit of 19.5 KB. That seems very small
 
Ron said:
On most desktops (Windows 10 in particular) there is a snipping tool which enables you to "snip" an image from your screen and then you can paste it where you like. I don't seem to be able to paste into a post. Does anyone know how to do that? I've tried saving as a PNG file and uploading from my desktop (not as convenient as a simple Ctrl+V) but that doesn't work either (it says link missing).

Just tried PDF file but couldn't load that as there is a size limit of 19.5 KB. That seems very small
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Kevloaf whats the website you use to get the BB code?
 
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Is that a general app Kev or does it upload to FJ. I thought your limit was just under 20 kb. I just uploaded an image to see what happened. It said uploaded but I have no idea where it went
 
It seems to have gone to another site and provides a link to it. Is that the idea? I think there is more to it than that. I want to paste the image into the post rather than create a link to it. What does creating account enable you to do?

I'm being a bit thick here
 
Edit: Didn't work for me either
 
Ron said:
Is that a general app Kev or does it upload to FJ. I thought your limit was just under 20 kb. I just uploaded an image to see what happened. It said uploaded but I have no idea where it went
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You upload the image to that site, then use the BBcode full and post it.
 
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Ron said:
Cheers Kev. I'll try that later. Celebrating 40th wedding anniversary tonight
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Haha, I'm only 33 so wouldn't claim to be an expert in love or relationships....but I'd suggest attempting to upload photos on an online horse racing forum could wait until tomorrow :)

#RubberUp
#StaySafe
 
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My turn for a dull one....
Why can’t the BHA and the Irish equivalent ?? move Cheltenham forward a week and Aintree forward two weeks and then hold Sandown finale over the first bank holiday weekend in May and Punchestown later on in May. It would give horses a further weeks rest after the DRF, the chances of better weather at Cheltenham and a horses more rest for Aintree. Why is everything so compressed in UK jumps racing?? The weather is shit for most of the winter in the UK & Ireland so why not make the most of the spring and space out the big festivals more??
 
The King Pimm said:
Why can’t the BHA and the Irish equivalent ?? move Cheltenham forward a week and Aintree forward two weeks
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That creates a two, max three, week gap between Cheltenham and Aintree which is less than the current programme...
 
Istabraq said:
That creates a two, max three, week gap between Cheltenham and Aintree which is less than the current programme...
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Sorry I was proposing a month gap between Cheltenham and Aintree. Few horses run at Aintree and Sandown and if Punchestown was pushed forward a fortnight then sureky it’s better for all the big stables?
 
The King Pimm

I agree the festivals give the impression of a condensed season but you won’t get too many horses doing Cheltenham, Aintree and Punch/Sandown whatever the gap, it’s as much the quality of racing and what it takes for a horse to compete at that level as it is rest/recuperation.
It’s shame more trainers don’t tackle early season meetings, there's often good money available and these races end up 3/4 runner affairs though I suspect this is because they’re all looking at getting their horses to March/April in the best possible shape...
 
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The King Pimm said:
Sorry I was proposing a month gap between Cheltenham and Aintree. Few horses run at Aintree and Sandown and if Punchestown was pushed forward a fortnight then sureky it’s better for all the big stables?
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I think the confusion is because you used the words, 'bring forward', to mean later whereas I've always taken them to mean earlier.
 
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Not really a question but seems the Oddscheck comparison of the Any Race market seems have disappeared.

Is this the norm?
 
The King Pimm

What I also meant to mention earlier was flat programme, the week after Aintree is Guineas trials day at Newbury which are of course designed to be run 3 weeks before the Guineas themselves which are generally run 4 weeks before the Derby/Oaks, any changes would require a radical re-programming of both codes.
I know it’s frustrating but in Spring/Autumn it’s always an issue, the Chepstow October meeting isn’t even shown on TV anymore (can’t remember what flat meeting takes priority) and that’s a meeting with higher value than many NH Saturdays...
 
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