louisg wrote: I am definitely not captured. In fact, the opposite applies, which you would only know if you really knew what I stand for in racing. As far as chasing team Valor away applies, that is not within my power.
But, I refuse to be one of the sheep on here and I know for sure that our racing has many areas that need huge improvement. However, I really love this Industry and I see a hell of a lot more good than bad in it. Rather than badmouthing Racing daily, I prefer to put in efforts for the good of Racing, behind the scenes.
Barry Irwin could have made this press release on this Friday or on next monday. Why would he have to make this press release just before the Sale ?
Obviously he was expecting the Sale to be a disaster and was riding on that bandwagon, together with so many on here.
I am amazed at how many people on ABC love to trash racing and who specialise in bleating on and on about anything negative. I will not lick team Valors butt. Racing is bigger than any individual's ego. This has been proven many, many times over the years.
Dear Louis,
I do not know you personally but I am sure I can correct that and make myself known to you when next there is a Cape Town sale on and I happen to spot you amongst the attendees.
I also value the multitude of comments and posts which you upload on this site. They are often informative, instructive and enlightening.
I respect your viewpoint and defend your right to express it.
But........(and there's always a but, isn't there?) you have a nasty habit of referring to other posters using terms & adjectives which sometimes completely discredit what you are trying to rebut. Particularly when their viewpoints don't align with yours.
Your opinion is not the last word on any matter. Nor is mine. It's just an opinion.
The majority of posters on this site are punters. As such they are racing's customers and, even more importantly, racing's funders. There is more than enough evidence to suggest that they have good reason to be concerned and angry about any number of aspects of this sport. I won't labour that point by listing even a handful of those issues as it would make this post too long.
Some of those posters often express their opinions in crude and semi literate terms. Granted.
But to refer to the posters as 'sheep' when your living is dependent upon their patronage is deplorable and an indefensible generalisation.
It's a point which has been missed by racing insiders and management ever since I came into this sport in the 70's.
Most reputable businesses actually PAY for the feedback which this site provides for free. Yet this industry treats most customer responses with disdain or as an irritation.
You inadvertently used the correct adjective when you inserted 'sheep' into your post. Like sheep thousands of racing's customers have migrated to other 'pastures'. Future 'sheep' are unlikely to enter our pasture based on decades of corrupt practise & customer exploitation.
That's just my opinion but the numbers appear to back me.
