I did notice the programme is an R meeting, have heard a few races but not looked at the fields or any conditions, so hard to comment on today Kev. But something does need to be done with a lot of these programmes. E.g. quite a lot of the time quality horses are running instead of trialling and the number of times the better performed horse gains a run as emergency with a good draw....I guess HRV might think if the emergency is given the worst draw they'd scratch?
HRV have run a very small number of R races for trainer's with a B licence, assuming this might encourage increased participation. This could be explored further, even limited to B grade drivers.