Today's Horse Racing
As there is no link between the UK and Ireland you do wonder if it would have been better to have scheduled 10 minutes between Catterick and Ayr and then 10 minutes before Newbury rather than 15 minutes between Catterick and Ayr and only 5 minutes before Newbury.
Whoever does the UK scheduling should see if they can get a job with UK trains given their scheduling skills they would be a perfect fit
Whoever does the UK scheduling should see if they can get a job with UK trains given their scheduling skills they would be a perfect fit
In Australia they would have been well through loading whilst the horse was being re-shod, even seen them load them all up if one is behaving well like that one was then they can just slot the reshod horse in. In the UK they don't even bring the horses round the back of the stalls
I used to think they were loaded at random on who was ready etc but a Starter at Newmarket once told me that there is in fact always a loading order (usually based on how well they loaded previously) and that each night they enter the details of how a horse behaved/loaded into a national database which dictates the order they then get assigned to be loaded next race (some of the bigger name Jockeys will try and dictate when they get their horse loaded but usually they are ignored).PDC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:19 pmIn Australia they would have been well through loading whilst the horse was being re-shod, even seen them load them all up if one is behaving well like that one was then they can just slot the reshod horse in. In the UK they don't even bring the horses round the back of the stalls
Only in certain circumstance will they change the order meaning even if one of the first due in decides to play up that will often have a knock-on effect on those remaining
It just shows how backwards our industry is compared to worldwide. ATR did a feature on the loading process recently which explained what you describe and thought it was world leading. IMO it is trailing the world. It is good to have a plan but it is like going into battle with one, as soon as the battle starts you have to adapt to the circumstances.