Thursday, 09 April 2015 |
"The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks."Fred Beck.
It’s another warm morning and I have just heard on the radio that tomorrow is going to be the warmest day of the year so far, especially in the south east. Unfortunately the air is going to be slightly polluted with sand from the
It’s the first day of the National meeting today. There are a lot of horses that have continued on here from the Cheltenham Festival and a few that have been especially held back. It is always a well attended meeting with the locals turning out in force and it always seems to me to be a more fun place than
It is fascinating to see the latest figures show there is a rise in the number of horses in training. The table doesn’t go into any depth though and if it did I think it would show that the bigger owners, ie the top 4 or 5 overseas owners, have increased their strings considerably. I think the normal one horse owner is still on the decline and this is the area that needs addressing, but it will only happen when prize money is increased to a proper level and one which helps the smaller owner as the larger ones are immune to costs. We have got lost over the last 30 years and left completely behind on the prize money issue and it will take a major step to rectify it, but rectify it we must if the sport is to thrive at all levels. |