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    Site still doesn't work for me, pages re-load every 5 seconds rendering it useless. I'm running safari on a mac but never had a problem. Thankfully I recently stop subscribing; their rank incompetence and willingness to be the lackies of the bookmaking industry just makes me sick. The whole site is terrible even when it isn't malfunctioning.

    A shame this as when i got into racing about 15 years ago it was a reasonable paper, if a tad pricey. Now.....
    I'm clever enough to ask the questions i'm too stupid to answer

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    https://www.racingpost.com/sport/spo...g-stuff/328051

    weekly column from the editor headed up by football talk again after arguably the biggest horse race of the year

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    The only thing that can be gleaned from the 'performance' of the Racing Post these days, is that they simply do not give a toss.

    It is no longer a Racing 'newspaper' - it is Oddschecker in print format.

    #shitbox
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    I don't think you buy it daily Nick so maybe avoid the website too
    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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    I still use the form database, PJ. It's the only thing they do well, which probably means it's an import from somewhere competent.
    Last edited by Grasshopper; 19th April 2018 at 11:26 AM.
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    My big worry is what will happen the ATR site when it loses Irish racing

    I love it for form analysis
    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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    McNamara: stewards dragged racing into gutter by not revealing Townend response

    The man hasn't got a clue and he is 100% wrong The RP saw the chance of a story involving him who doesn't even have a runner at the meeting and are of course exploiting him IMVHO

    Having ran an retail outlet in the past..the first thing you learn is when an angry customer come storming in the door you let them run the course and say nothing...when they get no response they simply run out of things to say and calm down.

    The social media went nuts and the Irish Authorities decided the best thing to do was not to add coal to the fire and just let it burn out. Then they gave their explanation of what happened.

    To do so during a storm would have just worsened the situation
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    RP going with "Could Might Bite or Native River become the first winner of chasing's Triple Crown"


    Never heard of Kauto Star then ffs

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    Unforgivable
    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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    Shitbox
    Last edited by Grasshopper; 30th April 2018 at 1:50 PM.
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    full page ad in the post today

    shameful

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    B@stards have an annoying pop up now after a few seconds accessing the site inviting you to trial one month's free access to Members Club Ultima Package whatever that is.Even a refresh will not get rid of the bloody thing.

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    On my mobile I was getting every page referring me to a "choose your bookmaker" page, with no option to ignore. Made the site completely unusable.

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    Wrote them ln March about these pop ups. Their reply below:
    Thank you for contacting the Racing Post.

    Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused by the multiple serving of this message. The relevant team have advised that changes have been made within the last 30 minutes and therefore users should find clicking the 'X' will ensure that the ad is no longer served, which was not previously the case. Your may find that you are required to close and then restart your browser before the changes made take effect.

    It was certainly not the intention to serve the message to users on multiple occasions and would like to take this opportunity to apologise once more. Please do not hesitate to contact ourselves again should you continue to experience similar difficulties.

    Kind regards,
    Alistair Broadbent
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    Hope it helps.

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    Thanks reet but there is no 'X'

    However I have re-enabled a free bit of software called AdBlocker Plus I had which prevents it popping up.

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    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.

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    Meanwhile, the Post is advertising all over Twitter for "Racing Journalist opportunities"; the plan presumably being to replace the aforementioned 'worthies', with pre-pubescent eager-beavers, who will unquestioningly do the bidding of the idiot Editor.

    If only The Sportsman had had the savvy to produce their first edition ahead of the 2006 Cheltenham Festival, instead of the week after. A missed opportunity to consign the shitbox to the bin.
    Last edited by Grasshopper; 3rd June 2018 at 10:53 AM.
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    Toxic is the word currently being used about the environment at the Racing Post.

    I really don't understand why the owners don't step in and sort it out. Surely they must have had significant feedback around the multiple issues the current management team are responsible for.

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    Hard to see it ending well

    If only a ready made replacement was present
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Grasshopper View Post
    Meanwhile, the Post is advertising all over Twitter for "Racing Journalist opportunities"; the plan presumably being to replace the aforementioned 'worthies', with pre-pubescent eager-beavers, who will unquestioningly do the bidding of the idiot Editor.
    CV and Cover Letter sent....!

    Thanks for putting this up btw. I hadn't noticed it.
    Last edited by Marb; 7th June 2018 at 8:40 AM.

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