Stupid Questions

[Mudlark]

Many thanks for the responses! All makes sense. I wrongly assumed a novice meant they hadn’t competed at all over that discipline before the season, not that they hadn’t won. On that basis, I assume sky pirate will be a lot more experienced than most of his rivals if he opts for the GA then which strikes me as a big positive, although I suppose on the flip side he’s more exposed to the handicapper

[Kevloaf]

Many thanks for the responses! All makes sense. I wrongly assumed a novice meant they hadn’t competed at all over that discipline before the season, not that they hadn’t won. On that basis, I assume sky pirate will be a lot more experienced than most of his rivals if he opts for the GA then which strikes me as a big positive, although I suppose on the flip side he’s more exposed to the handicapper

In theory that's true yeah, you could also argue though he's been running over the wrong trips, so has gained experience and perhaps not shown his full ability yet.

It's complicated this sport

Welcome Mudlark, good man for asking - will help more people than just yourself too

[Can't Catch Me]

Many thanks for the responses! All makes sense. I wrongly assumed a novice meant they hadn’t competed at all over that discipline before the season, not that they hadn’t won. On that basis, I assume sky pirate will be a lot more experienced than most of his rivals if he opts for the GA then which strikes me as a big positive, although I suppose on the flip side he’s more exposed to the handicapper

He won't be more experienced than his rivals in the GA mudlark, as that's a handicap, so open to any horse who has had three runs and has a handicap mark. He would be more experienced than his rivals if he opted for the Arkle as thats only open to novices!

Welcome to the Forum, and ask any question you like, everyone is brilliantly helpful on here!

[Istabraq]

Mudlark

Another consideration with younger horses is to consider where they’re bred, French bred NH horses are trained to race much earlier than their UK/Ire counterparts, so a 4yo joining a trainer in UK/Ire will have been in (race) training for a while longer and may well have had many races already.
Good luck

[Mudlark]

Really appreciate the responses - feel like I am learning already which is more than can be said for my kids atm with me trying to home school them!

[charlie]

Re racecourse gallops, I know Henderson does these regularly at places like Newbury, anyone know if there are restrictions/limitations on what they can and can’t do on those days? (eg jump obstacles).

[Istabraq]

Re racecourse gallops, I know Henderson does these regularly at places like Newbury, anyone know if there are restrictions/limitations on what they can and can’t do on those days? (eg jump obstacles).

All agreed with racecourse beforehand, no doubt if ground is bad and Clerk wants to protect some ground they’ll have to abide by some restrictions but generally none...

[charlie]

All agreed with racecourse beforehand, no doubt if ground is bad and Clerk wants to protect some ground they’ll have to abide by some restrictions but generally none...

So if Hendo wanted to recreate race conditions and drill race fitness into some of his horses, as long as Newbury allowed it he could do whatever he wants?

[Scooby91]

So if Hendo wanted to recreate race conditions and drill race fitness into some of his horses, as long as Newbury allowed it he could do whatever he wants?

Just to note, it's no special rule for hendo...

Paul Nicholls does it regularly at wincanton,

he also runs an interesting one, a couple of weeks before the Adonis to work out triumph/ fred winter.

[charlie]

Just to note, it's no special rule for hendo...

Paul Nicholls does it regularly at wincanton,

he also runs an interesting one, a couple of weeks before the Adonis to work out triumph/ fred winter.

Yeh I'm just using Hendo as an example to lead into my next point re Champ

[charlie]

Just to note, it's no special rule for hendo...

Paul Nicholls does it regularly at wincanton,

he also runs an interesting one, a couple of weeks before the Adonis to work out triumph/ fred winter.

Which one is this Scooby? Houx Gris?

[Istabraq]

So if Hendo wanted to recreate race conditions and drill race fitness into some of his horses, as long as Newbury allowed it he could do whatever he wants?

As far as I’m aware charlie trainers can request what they want.
Re-creating race conditions is probably a stretch too far though, I doubt any Clerk would allow a dozen or more horses galloping at the same time, similarly I doubt any trainer would request such given the long term need for relationships/collaboration...

[charlie]

As far as I’m aware charlie trainers can request what they want.
Re-creating race conditions is probably a stretch too far though, I doubt any Clerk would allow a dozen or more horses galloping at the same time, similarly I doubt any trainer would request such given the long term need for relationships/collaboration...

Yeh re-creating race conditions is probably poorly phrased on my part, I mean more so creating competitive work over obstacles that's not a million miles away from what would physically be required if racing properly. Hope that makes sense. I know what I am trying to say!!

[Ron]

On most desktops (Windows 10 in particular) there is a snipping tool which enables you to "snip" an image from your screen and then you can paste it where you like. I don't seem to be able to paste into a post. Does anyone know how to do that? I've tried saving as a PNG file and uploading from my desktop (not as convenient as a simple Ctrl+V) but that doesn't work either (it says link missing).

Just tried PDF file but couldn't load that as there is a size limit of 19.5 KB. That seems very small

[ryanh97]

On most desktops (Windows 10 in particular) there is a snipping tool which enables you to "snip" an image from your screen and then you can paste it where you like. I don't seem to be able to paste into a post. Does anyone know how to do that? I've tried saving as a PNG file and uploading from my desktop (not as convenient as a simple Ctrl+V) but that doesn't work either (it says link missing).

Just tried PDF file but couldn't load that as there is a size limit of 19.5 KB. That seems very small

Kevloaf whats the website you use to get the BB code?