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@NewWaveAndPunk No wonder we got driunk !

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Todays the day when racing plays its annual game of Russian roulette

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Sunday’s cancelled Punchestown meeting will be run tomorrow and tomorrow’s Punchestown card will be run on Friday … why can’t British racing show the same flexibility ??

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Just 2 flat fixtures in the UK today… Chester and Haydock. Not exactly great planning is it ??

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On Saturday we had flat meetings at York, Chester, Ascot, Newmarket , Salisbury and Hamilton… and in Sunday ? Nothing. One of the reasons this sport is badly run is that no one body is actually running it. Hopeless.#RCA #ROA #BHA #NTF #PJA

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Its the end of May, the flat season is in full swing and tomorrow…… in the UK we just have 3 National Hunt meetings. Is this sport run by fools ??

[Johnston Racing @Johnston_Racing]

Trojan Horse wins the Double Trigger Novice stakes at Redcar in the same colours and earns £30 more than the great horse got for winning the equivalent race 28 years ago.

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The Sunday of a Bank Holiday Weekend and in the UK there are 3 jump meetings and NO flat meetings. Absolutely hopeless fixture planning. Who is the chump responsible ? #RacehorseOwners, #BHA, #RacecourseAssociation

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@Crowd_Racing I agree. And the 2,5% share owner has been getting the same benefits as a 25% owner etc. Something has to give . Either facilities have to be expanded or benefits for micro owners have to restricted.

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Sam Hoskin’s call to allow more syndicate members on course is timely. If this doesn’t happen from June it will become an existential threat to syndicates. What’s the point of owning shares in racehorses if you can’t attend when they race ?#RacehorseOwners, #RSAsyndicates

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@Crowd_Racing A sensible starting point would be 12 badges. The current 6 badge threshold means a couple with a 25% share are not guaranteed a free badge which is ridiculous.

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Elliot claims it was a “moment of madness”. Nonsense. A horse that had cost €170k , performed honourably and then died was no longer any use to him. The image captures Elliott’s total indifference. For the sake of racing the Irish regulators need to act swiftly and strongly.

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The Covid Vaccination Centre at Newbury Racecourse has closed today so racing can take place. Unbelievable. Racing needs to develop more PR savviness. It comes across as so self indulgent

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@BetfairCS Exchange

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@BetfairCS why does it take so long for your Irish Horse Racing markets to be available ? Everyday the each way and place markets aren’t available until mid morning

[Jon Hughes @OwnersforOwners]

The Ownership Strategy was funded by the Levy Board to the tune of £1.2m paid against @RacehorseOwners invoices. As Charlie Brooks @dailytelegraph exposes today that was a waste of money. Who scrutinised and approved those invoices? Or did ROA simply mark their own homework?

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@TheMackemRacer Maybe Chris ... but there was vitually nobody there. It was like being invited to a party where nobody showed up.

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A sign at Doncaster Races today...sums up the experience... joyless and soulless. #roa #keepownersinracing #ownersforowners #bha #racehorse syndicate association #doncaster racecourse

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The ROA received £1.6m of Levy funding to develop an Ownership Strategy. Why are we still waiting to see it ? Is it a) because its too poor to publish or b) because it contains unpopular measures for those in shared ownership . Both I suspect. The wait continues

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@Donolphin31 The point is why own and race a horse in the UK when you can do the same in France for considerably better prizemoney ? The funding model is irrelevant. Obviously there are other factors at play but its an interesting question to consider.

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The 3 flat meetings in France today offer prizemoney of £396k.. the 3 in the UK offer £166k. No surprise that France is seen as a better option for owners is it ??