Racehorse TALK

Sorry but I cant myself

Has anyone else read the complete load of crap that Fabulous Phil has written now.

Bags a horse out after just its 2nd start - declares it class record run as a "slow time" by comparing it with one of the fastest sprinters in Brisbane - a 5yo gelding called Azzaland. Its like comparing apples and oranges and has no relevance whatsoever.

Only read the site after seeing comments in this thread, better go have a look 

 

I'm still stunned that he has written in his Brisbane article of the 04/02/10 that Roy Higgins was actually still an apprentice in March 1972 - surely someone who is 55 years old and supposedly followed racing his entire life must know that Roy Higgins was well past his apprenticeship days in 1972 - Light Fingers won the Melbourne Cup in 1965 just for a start.

I'm cured 

I backed Raincoat yesterday---guess what---for the drum only.

   

In his latest rant this imbecile is suggesting the Toowoomba twilight on Saturday should have been moved to the day slot to increase T/O.
In his story he compares the TO with that of the previous weeks metro meeting
If he was serious or had a brain he would at least compare it with the somewhat more  comparitive Gold Coast meeting and then deduct a large percentage for the fact that a large proportion don't like betting on unknown tracks(which Toowoomba is to most) and they dont like betting on Cushion tracks.
Having said that I should say there is little doubt t/O would have increased somewhat, but nowhere near what his inflammatory story would suggest.
The biggest issue in my mind however, is the logistics of the transfer which his story does not mention.
Phil makes it seem as though it is a very simple thing to move a twilight meeting to a day meeting.
The people affected include- strappers,trainers,stablehands,jockeys,transport providers,caterers, track staff, barrier attendents, ambulance personell, owners,farriers,suppliers, the list goes on.
These people have other things in their lives and can't always change at the drop of a hat as phil suggests.
Perfect case in point that he may have good intentions but NFI

I just re-read my post as I always do and realised I have now made 401 posts.
Above me DD has 9612 posts.
How the F   k does someone find the time to make that many posts?
Good on you DD and others similar, you keep this forum worth visiting  

Some people are retired on a very nice super, and live on the ocean 

*disclaimer, some of the above are assumptions made about nobody in particular 

And good luck to them too    
It was my roundabout way of thanking DD and others like him for contributing.
I will admit I don't always agree with DD or anyone for that matter,but I admire anyone who regularly puts their thoughts out there for public scrutiny    

I very rarely agree with Phil but I read his piece this morning and thoroughly agreed. Sure there would have been the odd logistical problem, sure a few horses would have been scratched but turnover would have doubled,  tripled or quadrupled and the club would have been better off.

The odd logistical problem??
Have you ever tried to organise low paid staff at the last minute who have children/other jobs etc.
As I said, no doubt TO would have increased from the paltry sums they did TO, but they would still have been paltry on the Cushion at Toowoomba mid afternoon IMO.

"please explain"