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Any sense of what the response has been like to the Go Racing Club initiative so far?

My impression is that a better job could possibly have been done publicising it. It's gotten to the stage...

Track form, be it in a point or, better yet, a bumper, is an absolute must in this market. Anybody looking to shift a decent young pointer would want to be winning well either first or second time...

I'd say you know far more about this than I do, Cantoris, and that certainly sounds logical. That said, it sounds like a viable long term solution to what most people regard as a leisure sport...

That's hardly going to happen in the current climate of emergency budget after emergency budget under any party though surely?

You were thinking of John Gormley by the way. :D

Considerably less than before Howard Johnson's safe was nicked anyway...

What's the latest on the Turf Club dispute? Read somewhere they are trying to recruit former officials back to fill the void. Would be a real shame to lose the Leopardstown card.

Officials not...

Did not know that, Gareth. What about the likes of TVG? Still seems to be up and running as a gambling site.

My understanding was that it was down to the discretion of individual states to decide...

Don't be daft - not even Arkle could win four maiden hurdles... :p

More seriously, I'm not sure exactly where I fall on the prizemoney debate tbh; what I will say is that given the cuts in other...

Brian O'Connor's latest blog irish-racing.com blog entry below. Fair play to him - certainly doesn't pull any punches!

“As Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland, I am delighted to announce...

Surely a super-Aga Khan cartoon would be slightly more relevant in the context of this thread?

It seems that Alan Lee seems to be linking the economic situation to the lack of any top class Irish chasers- a stretch at best IMO. Does that mean the future is rosy with the novice chasing ranks...

Guilty as charged.

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. As the clock says: Time reveals all...

Totally agree. That money should be spent on Bellewstown. We're jammed at least two days a year! :D

There's a part of me that doesn't want the Curragh to be redeveloped at all. Love the place as it is!