Goodbye Lance

[A BIT DUSTY]

I reckon you might have "missed the point" somewhat Jamie,or are you saying it should gloves off/open slather? The vast majority of people in this game want a level playing field and they'd like to think to the rules and the administration are working to assure this.

As i said in my earlier post if all horses arriving on course 4/5 hours before competition was a workable solution and regulated drugs administered then I'm sure everyone would be fine with that....everyone that could still participate that is.

I'll repeat myself for your benefit. The vast distances we are spread out over in Australia, combined with a large percentage of horses trained by hobbyists make on course arrival 4/5 hours before competition prohibitive. The recently repealed two hour limit caused many people to have their racing options restricted and hence reduced fields. What sort of affect do you reckon 4 to 5 hours is going to have?

It's one thing to quote whats fine in "other racing jurisdictions" but quite another to come up with workable solutions.

One thing that really annoys me is people who frequently whinge but seldom provide solutions, whingeing is cheap and easy.... solutions are are a tad harder to do.

Do us all a favour and conduct a little survey of your own, ask a reasonable cross section of trainers how they would cope with on course arrival times of 4 to 5 hours pre-competition.

If you do you might get an understanding of how the people who provide the racing product are getting on and how they reckon they might handle your "solution" in todays world!

Well Said DANNO I think the majority of readers on here are well aware of what you are saying , but unlike 2 or 3 others ( no names no pack drills) who want to carry on with there little games of if one has an opinion ,No matter how fancifull it is the other 2 will go along for the ride to re enforce the original ones thoughts . when someone tries to compare the effects of BUTE with food, water, shoeing ,vitamins, jogging,etc then I think you just have to show them the contempt they deserve and let them go, knowing that every other reader on here knows whats going on. Their as predictable as night follows day.