As with a lot of the rules, they appear reasonable on paper sometimes, but how can they administer them ?
As usual consistency cannot be applied unless it is a fulltime job for someone to oversee from the time the trainers arrive at the track till after the last race.
Do Board Members not realise parking of our vehicles is not always in the proximity of the kennels.
What is the difference in handling a dog before they race, to handling after a race.
At Addington often our parking is over 200 metres from the kennels.
How can we cope with this rule with late kennelling and 18 minutes between races.
It is no use leaving it to "Stewards discretion" it has to be administered across the whole scenario.
Those who seek to apply some of these race day conditions have obviously never experienced the tension and responsibility leading up to putting your dog in the boxes.
Ray Adcock