The Group One Longines Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) has been hit by another withdrawal, with trainer David Eustace confirming Massive Sovereign will not run in Sunday’s HK$40 million contest after suffering a leg injury.
After Japanese raider Lord Del Rey came out of the race with lameness on Tuesday, the scratching of last year’s Hong Kong Derby winner reduces the field for the city’s richest race to just seven runners.
The last time the Cup was contested by such a small field was way back in 2007,...View the full article
When you have time take a look and tell me what you think
Maybe in my senility I'm starting to see things that aint there...or
..the racing industry...per se...simply think the end to filthy lucre justifies the means...i.e a good old bashing over the head is just fine??
Please take my screenshot restrictions off and I'll show the horrific head on pik of Kate smashing her whip into a beautiful thoroughbred's eye socket
And they do a very poor job of it; in fact you could not call it competing.
This is when it all started to go wrong in the 1990's when others started actively competing for the entertainment/hospitality dollar.
The whole concept of a 'day at the races' is a very attractive proposition, but you have to actively market that to the general unwashed, not just for 6 weeks, but year in year out
Beginning next month, the New York Racing Association plans to throttle computer-assisted wagering at one minute until post, limiting these high-volume teams to the same six bets per second ceiling that applies to retail customers.View the full article