I would appreciate it if someone from Tellytrack or the Operator would be kind enough to provide me with the logic behind the following, as none of this helps the punter, writes FJC in the Sporting Post Mailbag.
A question about the canter down
Why do horses at Greyville canter down to the start on the Poly when the race is on Grass and vice versa?
Why do the on-course presenters continue providing their views right up until the horses start loading – do they think that punters then rush off to the tote window and take bets?
Why do the rules allow for all the nonsense surrounding whether or not Legal Eagle would run in the July?
Legal Eagle not in July – stupid, fair, manipulative?
It flies in the face of the so called SA Champions Season when the undoubted best horse in the country does not run in the country’s most prestigious race.
Leaving him in the field would have resulted in most of the runners being under sufferance and thus him being a big runner.
Remember what the same connections did in the lead up to the last Queen’s Plate when Marcus jumped off Act of War to ride Legal Eagle? This during an active ante-post market.
The only losers here as per normal are the punters.
Ed – we have requested Gold Circle and Tellytrack to comment
