chicken n chips wrote: If SA racing was not the piss willy product that it has become, then they would not have to be having harness racing and the like. SA racing is a total and utter joke, poorly attended meetings, below average riders, terrible race courses with the first sign of rain they stop because the tracks have not been modified to help with getting rid of the water, small payouts. SA has 5/6 big meetings a year, if that and everyone gets a hard on and after the meeting everybody complains about the food, the lateness of the off, too may races on the day, far too many people on track or far too few, payouts were poor, no parking, TT did a shit job the queues at the tote were long and slow and the cashiers have no manners. The list goes on. All you have to do is read ABC and for every one good thing said about SA racing there are 10 negatives things said. My advice to fans of SA racing. Turn it up and do something else with your time and your hard earned cash.
You right chicken we not going forward but about jockeys I really do think our average jock is better than the average jock riding in the UK.
I read the betfair forum and jeez those okes have plenty to say about the state of racing in the UK and even more to say about the riding ability of some jockeys out there.
Imo laying of horses,well not crooked really,but has made the game dishonest in some respects.
You see on the exchanges how horses drift markedly and usually run accordingly.
Hard to make a horse win but oh so easy to get it beat.
I honestly believe that trainers give instructions to jockeys for their horse not to win.Either to try and get a worse rating or to make money out of it and the horse racing authority are too scared to look into suspect rides and betting patterns as they think if they found people guilty too often it will make the game look bent.
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