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:lol::lol::lol: Best laugh of the year yet!

Really? I wish that kindly action had swum across to the UK! Thanks, Grey, for clearing all that up. Better informed for it.

Thanks for that, Grey. Then, if there were 40 fewer fixtures in 2004 than now, but contestant numbers have fallen, then I assume the fixtures could go back to 2004 levels to accommodate the shrunken...

Grey, sorry to be dense, but why would a 3.3% reduction in funding lead to draconian cuts in horse and hound activities? Surely, if you lose 3.3% from your income, you simply pass a 3.3% rise in...

How many meetings will they lose because of that? That lost revenue will have to be added to the cost of repairing the repairs. However, if their contractors have failed to comply with producing a...

:o Uhhh... thanks, Steve. I'll see if any of that exists on it. A pal did say she'd switched it off a while back and as soon as I tried to (smugly) text her 'thanks a lot, clever-clogs' I got 'tx...

Wow! Howzat for quick service! Thank you, gentlemen. I'll have a good look over that, but it'll be ideal. Apart from the texting, which I have failed at, bottom of the class, total airhead. ...

Thanks, Grey, for that most enlightening answer. I hadn't even thought about a 'moral' aspect since it would appear to me to be a contradiction to allow national lotteries or casinos, and not other...

What do we know about the rest of the EU's betting industries? I thought that France didn't have any bookies, per se, but just the Parimutuel? So how does EU competition law stack up against that...

That's good, and also hearing via ATR today how many Americans are bringing horses to race in Ireland now, along with an upsurge from the Aga and sheikhs. Also Sir Robert Ogden - buying at the sales...

Me too, so we'll just have to grin and bear it when the Terminators arrive in town!

Walsy... and your problem is? :lol:

Well, we were all signalling the overproduction of TBs for racing two, three years back, weren't we? Foals were being given away during the last three years, or simply left at auction horses,...

Excellent! I know my place, you know!

Sadly, far too fond of cheap thrillers. I ought to write the buggers and make a buck, instead of lolling in bed reading them.

Meanwhile, somewhere off the Adriatic coast, a couple lounged casually on a small ocean-going yacht, glasses of champagne to hand...

Can we descend into the gutter when we do know what the official story is?

Was the incident in the showers anything to do with being encouraged to 'see and feel all the jockeys' gear'? Dearie me, let's hope racing's not trying to, er, fill the hole vacated by the holy...

WHAAAT? That's truly something for your OA to work on, then! That is the skinniest deal I know of. Arena Leisure gives 6 complimentary badges per runner (so that if you ran three horses in one...

Just seen your reply, Gal - thanks for that. Jeez, sometimes you need to be Mystic Meg to understand the arcana of these pronouncements!

Cantoris, why aren't you getting free entry with your...

Gal - what does the 'broad acceptance of the need for change among bookmakers' mean? Is he implying that discussions have taken place and that Irish bookies are agreeing to throw a few more Euros...

Well, Grey, young Japanese seem quite happy to ride in the Nakayama Grand Jump, so why not young Koreans? It's not as if one needs to have a national heritage in jumps riding to do this sort of...

Thanks for the insights, folks. I guess Ireland was enjoying an enormous bubble which, like the South Sea version of yore, has well and truly burst. But how amazing are even the lower prices for...

Is everyone buying from France, then?

Another rough morning for vendors. There haven't been any totally good mornings or afternoons for them for nearly four years. So much for an upturn.