nomates

Very sad , had the look of a 3yo that would go on and be a contender .

We all embellish our moisture content , especially to the Mrs .

There will be people who won't be happy , what is his racing knowledge like ?

Mate , don't get selective , given the current quality of politicians he would be a shoe in if he stood as an independent .

Have they found the Gore track manager yet ?

Exactly , as I said I'm just interested that they show the races , couldn't care less if they got Kermit to present , I don't take any notice of them between races , I'm far too busy working out where I'm losing my money next .

You could well be right re the sports , I don't know , honestly don't care , way too much being made of this guy , IMO . As for his age , he's not 50 either , if he doesn't know much I'm sure if he is here for the long term he will improve his knowledge base . Out of interest , do you know what his knowledge base of racing is ? He might be playing low key not wanting to step on toes as the new guy . Personally I believe we have far bigger issues in racing .

Geez H10 at Oamaru ,and raining , how bad was it at Gore ? maybe they realized how bad when they couldn't find the track manager after he went to do the penetrometer .

Oh god there will be a melt down if there is an issue race day .

I agree , but for the newbies if they threw the real information that hardened losing punters like ourselves rely on most newbies would just throw their hands up , KISS is the way to go and hope people take up more knowledge as they stay in the game . Never take any notice of comments so can't comment . Follow my own form lines .

And you miss my point , he will grow into the job and gain knowledge as he goes along . I for one don't know his actual level of racing knowledge or how long he has had a racing interest , someone has said that he comes from a family with racing association . I don't believe he is a mercenary , My understanding is he chose to leave a safe job at TV1 because this opportunity came up , just what I got told , right or wrong I think he's entitled to a bit longer than 2/3 weeks . Happy to agree to disagree .

I have to say Pete I am very much in the same bracket now , I flinch when I see horses getting a flogging up the straight , especially beaten ones , which I see the stipes are starting to punish . And I have sent horses out to race with the instructions not to miss a stride when they go for them , I feel like a prick now .

Fair enough , but so far this thread has mostly been about that he offers nothing . And you are most certainly entitled to have your opinion about him and to be honest maybe you do want that show to entertain and inform you . But at least let the guy have a chance , irrelevant of his history in our great sport , he might just surprise many . I can tell you if I had to put my CV up on here before I finally bit the bullet and got into horses it would fill a page , and amazingly with absolutely no horse knowledge at the age of 21 someone gave me a chance and it's amazing what I have learnt .

Not saying he's not worthy , I don't know if he's a "newbie" punter or not , I was asking did he just come on to bash Guy or is he here to contribute to the wider racing issues as well . But my question is fair , so far all I can see is he has just joined and bashed one guy .

It's trackside , that's exactly what it's all about .