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    Good luck, Marbs.
    Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......

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    Sweet mate!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamond Geezer View Post
    I see a few well known names are taking voluntary redundancy from the RP including Graham Dench, Jon Lees and Alistair Down although I think the latter may still contribute on a freelance basis. The word is they feel they can no longer work with Bruce Millington and were delighted to be offered a way out.
    I'd heard all was not well there so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. It amazes me how arrogant the Editor must be. But then again I did a piece for a well-known Equine & Dog magazine a few weeks ago - 350 words of a point to point report from a Sunday meeting. OK not much but I did it to the word the deadline being Monday morning at 10am which I did fine despite getting home quite late from the point to point. It was exactly as they asked - a few quotes and some references to hunting. I read my published piece - completely different! And now badly written with poor English but still my name on it. I have been asked to do next Sunday's meeting at Bratton Down which I will do but I wonder what the point is - the Editor may as well just ask for the main points and write her own piece if she's that controlling.
    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito

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    IIRC, the last time I had a letter published in the Weekender it had been edited slightly. I didn't mind that. What I minded was that the headline bore no resemblance to the point I was making!
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    Anyone else constantly getting the error below? Been happening all week

    Bad Request

    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
    Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

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    Site been fine for me Col

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    Slow, but not getting that message, Col..
    Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......

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    The site is painfully slow at the moment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey View Post
    The site is painfully slow at the moment.
    Nope, its just that no one is bothered with the flat
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Yeah, we get it Granger..........you have no interest in the flat.
    Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......

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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    Nope, its just that no one is bothered with the flat
    There's plenty of people "bothered" with the flat, They just don't frequent this place anymore mainly due to boring attitudes like the above.

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    DVDS
    I frequently get the same message in recent days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    Nope, its just that no one is bothered with the flat
    The classy beasts you mean

    Different gravy to seeing the boats plod around
    All comers, all grounds, all beaten!

    This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.

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    The RP gets less useful daily, and though they promote their tipping, news and replays (all of which are frequently bettered elsewhere - and f.o.c) they continue to neglect their only real, marketable asset; their form database, which is still the most comprehensive on the net.
    However, even this becomes less reliable, and the number of "no form for this horse'' and "no result available" seem to increase exponentially. Time they woke up, or it really could be 'Goodnight, Vienna'.


    ps to Granger This "holier than thou" attitude of yourself, and a few other jump fans, does the future of this forum few favours - and then, where would you martyr yourselves?

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    can't even get their horses right (top left is Crystal Ocean not Stradivarius)

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    Been trying to access today's cards for 4 hours now, and all I'm getting is yesterday's results. Tried clearing cache, rebooting etc. but still no joy.
    Anyone else having similar problems?
    Last edited by reet hard; 30th August 2018 at 9:14 AM.

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    Same for me reet

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    They seem okay for me Reet. Maybe the problem is resolved now?

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    Thanks, guys. Just rec'd the following from RP.


    Will Pepper (Racing Post)

    Aug 30, 09:41 BST


    Thank you for contact Racing Post.

    Please accept our sincere apologies, as we can confirm that we are experiencing some technical problems which we are working on as a matter of urgency.

    You can access today's cards from the home page in the interim (link below) and we will provide a further update upon resolution of the issues.

    https://www.racingpost.com/

    We are grateful to you for your patience and very sorry for any inconvenience.

    Kind regards,
    Will Pepper
    Racing Post Customer Services

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    Quote Originally Posted by reet hard View Post
    Been trying to access today's cards for 4 hours now, and all I'm getting is yesterday's results. Tried clearing cache, rebooting etc. but still no joy.
    Anyone else having similar problems?
    I can't get Saturday's cards to come up. I'm getting the race titles but underneath just the RP logo and 'no runners'.
    Illegitimi non carborundum


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