John Size continued his ominous march towards the top of the trainers’ premiership after another double at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by Stellar Express’ easy win in the Group Three Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1,000m).
The champion trainer was 15 winners behind the then leader Caspar Fownes going into New Year’s Day, but after four winners at the last two meetings, the gap has now eroded to 12 to leader Mark Newnham.
Size would never pay any attention to that fact, nor would he likely know he has...View the full article
You might remember that the Racing Board ran the TAB, the broadcasts etc etc. Bit of a poke in the eye with a blunt stick, but they had huge overheads and costs, yet could not find the money to go through and put many of our best races onto digital.
I corresponded at the time with a guy called Antony Corban at the RB who was looking after the videos and there was no appetite or money to get degrading celluloid transferred to digital
Pardon my ignorance and an indication of how long ago I took an all up, but they were discontinued in Dec 2024.
But yes, they went on tote odds and a large all up could significantly affect the price on a horse