This will wind Joe Bloggs up: " Jamie Richards should have gone to OZ"!

[Chief Stipe]

It's only January, but the race for the most ridiculous statement of 2022 is over

Richard Callander writes for Racenet weekly.

 

 

By Richard Callander
02:58pm • 25 January 2022

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I'm back in the seat after a brief spell in the paddock and there's plenty to talk about – so here it goes!

MOST OUTRAGEOUSLY INCORRECT TWEET WINNER OF THE YEAR ALREADY!

If you are starting 2022 with the goal of writing the silliest and most ridiculous tweet of the year, I’m sorry but the race is over.

Bloodstock agent Andrew Williams has claimed victory a long way out from the winning post – with over 11 months still to run.

Williams claimed Racing NSW and Peter V’landys have shown complete arrogance by not rolling out the red carpet and enticing Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards to train in Australia.

You just have to laugh when people get out of their lane.

On top of that, the man who has made a lot of his income from decisions made by V’landys and Racing NSW claimed they have been too busy playing mind games with Victoria and missed what could have been “one of their biggest strategic moves”.

Excuse me while I laugh a bit more.

V’landys has made Sydney the envy of nearly every other racing jurisdiction but Williams isn’t happy.

We get to see the best of the Te Akau horses here in Australia that Richards prepares but realistically the majority of them would struggle at the provincials.

Where would Mr. Williams like Richards to train in Sydney? Are there vacant stables I’m not aware of? 

The likes of Waller, Baker and Neasham came to Australia and Richards is welcome to do the same.

How do you think the current trainers would cop it if Racing NSW rolled out the red carpet for Richards with stables and a bunch of horses?

Mind you that isn’t the role of Racing NSW. 

The regulators role isn’t to offer a training business and set up to a foreign trainer.

Mr. Williams is earning big money buying horses, many of them expensive. Why is bloodstock so expensive?

Well, Mr. Williams, it’s because of the work done by Racing NSW and Mr. V’landys who continually add millions of dollars to the prizemoney pool year after year and give your clients the confidence to keep reinvesting.

At the recent hugely successful Magic Millions sales, Newgate supremo Henry Field spoke on the topic.

“It’s a sign of the strength of the industry. It’s a sign that the broad participation across all levels of the market. It’s just that we are in a golden era,” Field said.

“Racing is in a golden era.”

If the industry is in such a ‘GOLDEN ERA’ could the ill-informed attack by Williams on Racing NSW and Peter V’landys be because NSW powerbrokers are more focused on continuing its successful approach of building participation, the promotion of the industry, the financial returns to owners and participants and building a healthy bottom line rather than the pattern of black type races?

Did I strike a chord?

Andrew, again in the words of high profile breeder Henry Field, “Racing is in a golden era”, and to quote the great Jack Nicholson:

“I (PVL) have neither the time, nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps, under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide (your income), and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said ‘thank you’, and went on your way”.

[Joe Bloggs]

Ahh Chief, you disappoint me. I mentioned Ballarat/Hawkesbury, not Randwick/Rosehill......W Farm maybe, but they''ll let anyone on there.....I think Jamie would do great in a country style atmosphere and, they just don't throw boxes in town at you.....except if you're a famous ex AFL coach and you've found someone to share their stables with you.....

I don't think Jamie is too proud to kick off at where I've mentioned, but it's not happening, he's chosen HK.......fingers crossed he's chosen right.

[Mooncoin]

Could it be possible that all going well with his new team, he maybe  using HK to launch  raids on the $$$ desert  races.