?Redcar stages an eight-race card. One hundred and twenty-four declarations race for less than �30,000! No wonder Dale Gibson gave it up last week and moved over to media activities, which saw him make a winning debut on Racing UK, during Wednesday evening coverage of racing at Kempton. What an absolute disgrace (not a joke, by any means!) and as a former, seriously-minded owner, with 59 winners and nearly 100 in the frames, I'm appalled and view the current situation with a deal of incredulity. It's not possible to 'stop 'n start' horses (like traffic lights!) anymore.
Any sneeze brings a stewards visit to wherever the BHA is based nowadays and we have to hope the majority of owners continue to enjoy their ego trips. James Fanshawe has, apparently, cut down his Newmarket operation which includes Primaeval, one of 20 in the four grand, Maiden Stakes over six furlongs and the mount of Hayley Turner. Twice-raced, Primaeval has an excellent chance of making it third time lucky under Hayley, who partnered Incendo for the Fanshawe yard last week. Hopefully, she wont resort to similar heart-stopping audaciousness on this Pivotal colt, clear best-in on my time-handicap and worth backing.