The paucity of even half decent midweek NH racing during the winter months, notwithstanding the Christmas period.
Pricewise. Nothing against the man personally I should add.
The paucity of even half decent midweek NH racing during the winter months, notwithstanding the Christmas period.
Pricewise. Nothing against the man personally I should add.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
As an avid non-buyer of the RP, and an avid non-watcher of terrestrial racing coverage, is Pricewise still relevant?
Does the Pricewise horse still shift markedly on a Saturday, once it's in the public domain? Serious question.
The lack of imagination in Jumps race-planning is another irritant of mine, though I would say it falls short of the 'rant' criteria.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Not all of the time like it used to Grass but it can still have a profound effect.
The market will normally correct itself near the off but what grates is the reaction of the bookies who start cutting the horses in expectation of the plunge. Granted this is coupled with punters trying to predict what he'll put up and nick a price but regardless, the whole concept is bollox, outdated and annoys the feck out of me.
You only have to look at Oddschecker around 7:00 pm to get a fair indication of what he'll be putting up.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
Over-vigorous stewarding by unpleasant people wearing high visibility apparel at British racecourses.
"And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.
And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."
Geoff Banks
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Names such as Rebelion Boy which are presumably misspelt through error rather than design but never get corrected.
I'm going to York next week for 3 days because the racecourse, company and racing is all top quality but what the **** is it with the poncey dress code? BrianH jumped on me two years ago for fear of being shot by a racecourse Nazi for trying to remove my jacket in a relative heat wave on the Champagne lawn before racing. Every prick in York wearing a suit like they're ******* Tony Soprano. **** right off, I've more money in my ******* shoe you Yorkshire ****.
Last edited by SlimChance; 11th May 2017 at 4:26 PM.