Fucking pathetic isn’t it? Irish racing is miles ahead in that respect. Don’t have too much racing, most win a maiden then go Graded route etc. No wonder most owners with deep pockets head over there for trainers.
Yep, I can see that.
There always is as the Irish race against each other in Ireland but the British don’t in Britain. It’s shite, just call it what it is.
we could do with a couple more graded races, only have 1 grade 1 before Cheltenham.
some might say it’s better for the festival if horses avoid each other until then.
You not think we might get more owners thinking about coming here if more decent races for their young horses?
There's too much racing in the UK. Ireland have much less and it's no wonder they have competitive racing across the board.
Absolutely there’s too much racing, no argument there from me.
Honestly prize money increase would do the job, the bigger owners aren't really bothered about prize money, most are in it for the sport, but newer owners or syndicates will have an eye on the ROI, hoping they can make a good year with a nice horse pay, not many do, the margins are too tight, I do the EBF, Pertemps initiatives, the win at *Insert course* then go onto win at Cheltenham for a nice bonus are good ideas, maybe we need more along those lines, its tough to work out as if you exclude bigger owners/bigger yards some get a bit agro about it.
So he doesn't want to overface a novice at this stage of the season, sounds like a sensible trainer to me, I mean you can undo all that early work by asking them to do too much too soon, maybe another race will bring him forward enough to go into Graded/Grade 1 company next time out, time will tell as maybe he wont be,or maybe he won't be good enough,strong enough this season for that kind of test.
I have no problem with what they choose to do
