Tuesday, 23 September 2014
23sep14 a fair few
9 winners today from 39 bets three of us picked 5-6 winner Andy Stevens, me & Robert Baker, and another three picked a 13-8 winner Richard Pascoe, Neil Harrison,& Gareth Chapman. Pat Quinn Snr's 9-2 winner took him onto the leader board, Mark Quinn got off the mark with a 4-1 winner and best of the day was 8-1 Michael Brook who moved up to 8th.
Monday, 22 September 2014
22sep14 new leader
6 winners today with Pat Quinn Snr at 7-2 taking the honours. Martin Long & Neil Harrison both 11-10, Paul Berg & new boy Jason McConkey both with a 9-4 winner and finally Dave Barker whose 15-8 winner was enough to bring him top spot on the main leader board.
In the plate a few scored but no alteration in the positions of the top 6
In the plate a few scored but no alteration in the positions of the top 6
Sunday, 21 September 2014
21sep14 first week done
7 winners again today for the fourth day in a row! Joint best of the day was a lowly 5-2 for Ian Carpenter and Tim Catlin as they both got off the mark. Others were Maurice Edgington (me), Spenser Mills & Paul Stobbart all 11-8, Robert Baker evens, & Vince Paige 8-13. So all that left the leader boards pretty unaltered.
Vince's 10 point winner enabled him to close the gap right down on Martin Long who could only finish 5th
Vince's 10 point winner enabled him to close the gap right down on Martin Long who could only finish 5th
Wigmore Hall
Risking controversy can I make some comments:
If you don't want pictures of horses with a gun held to their head being taken and published then stop going around racecourse with guns doing that. Remove the horse in the ambulance and deal with it with some privacy and after some reflection not in the heat of the moment.
The sport we love does not exist in a bubble and it has to be prepared to modify its behaviour to what society regards as the current norms of decency and care for the animals it races. It is simply not good enough to say we look after thousands of horses to the very highest standard and be seen to be dealing with a difficult problem like this.
The fact that we look after them to the highest standard must and should be a given and should not be trotted out as some sort of justification for this.
I'm not suggesting there are not circumstances where animals need to be put down but having seen the pictures I'm pretty convinced that isn't how to do it, but even if I was the point is that society isn't so changes need to be made.
If you don't want pictures of horses with a gun held to their head being taken and published then stop going around racecourse with guns doing that. Remove the horse in the ambulance and deal with it with some privacy and after some reflection not in the heat of the moment.
The sport we love does not exist in a bubble and it has to be prepared to modify its behaviour to what society regards as the current norms of decency and care for the animals it races. It is simply not good enough to say we look after thousands of horses to the very highest standard and be seen to be dealing with a difficult problem like this.
The fact that we look after them to the highest standard must and should be a given and should not be trotted out as some sort of justification for this.
I'm not suggesting there are not circumstances where animals need to be put down but having seen the pictures I'm pretty convinced that isn't how to do it, but even if I was the point is that society isn't so changes need to be made.
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