lack of posters i must admit, i didnt post as i thought the racing was dreadful! Southwell AW on a bank holiday in record temperatures? the BHA have lost the plot.! Also to be fair, it was also following a major festival where you were either celebrating a win or licking your wounds....personally i was licking my wounds over Frank Spencers worst ever ride in the Ebor! He cost me a 25/1 winner and a substantial return and yep, the BHA have ignored it as always but go persecuting a young apprentice with a 6 month ban for being scared of them!
The BHA are putting off punters more than anything else. They cant police the sport (Hannons are furious about his ride in the Ebor), puzzle everyone with their so called ratings (Cyrname and Crystal Ocean were in their eyes the best jumps and flat horses in the world...despite their combined strike rate being less than 50%!!!...and hardly any Gp1s!), plus their greed over fixtures, slotting in AW meetings everywhere....i watched some "highlights" from Chelmsford from Sat...if there were 100 people in that "grandstand" (looked like a recycled garage forecourt to me!), id be surprised. The game needs a shakeup and the BHA are the least qualified to do so.
Just m,y personal thoughts and and i realise not representative of others, but certainly my reasons for punting less and crucially losing interest in this ever increasing bland product. American racing is a bland as it gets and we are heading that way. I wont be staying for the ride, thats for sure! Running round in a circle producing exactly the same times per firlong and doped to the eyeballs...and thats just the BHA!