The Gold Circle Board Deserves More Credit
Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
17th June 2020
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Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
The purpose is to express my unhappiness, and that of the many people I have spoken to within racing, about the tone and high-handedness of the racing operator’s reply
Rainbow Bridge’s 11/2 maybe a touch generous for a horse that has never run a bad race. Ever. Punters are getting a price about a horse whose nose is never far from the winning line. Ever!
‘I have taken this issue up with them in previous years but have never had a satisfactory answer as to their reasoning around the surcharge threat’
If you look at the article about the dispute, I have to inform you that it gives the sport a very smelly feeling…
‘The deal with the Steinhoff two was a betrayal. At the time we knew that there was something more to the meeting with the Steinhoff two and what they had told us…’
He selects Galway in race 7 as his “Covid 19 got the better of me” banker
These are extraordinary times. Somebody once likened sport without a crowd to going on a romantic date without the date
The daughter of El Gran Senor was allowed to start at 7/1, and ran on nicely to account for Record Edge and Rusty Pelican
We live in an era of click-bait and hearsay and the audience of “Winning Ways” was unfortunately served up a poorly presented, one-sided story which would leave any reasonably objective audience with more questions than answers
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
