Larvae….
“Reaching up to 3cm long with thick leathery skin….”
They sound pretty unpleasant little critters. They can, apparently, wreak havoc with your lawn. Voracious munchers of grass…
“Brighton Abandoned”. Saturday’s meeting falling to the leatherjackets….
I feel sorry for the Clerk Of The Course Jack Hastings. But for the abandonment to be announced just over an hour before declarations closed for Saturday’s meeting beggars belief. Horses declared, jockeys booked, owners informed, tables secured….
I spoke to Jack, and apparently the track was raceable on Wednesday evening. But BHA course inspectors discovered yesterday morning that those leathery jacketed things had got properly stuck in overnight. The timing of the “abandoned meeting” notice implies that the course inspector was not exactly at the track at the crack of dawn…
Communication is key. The fact that there was even an outside chance of racing being abandoned was not even mentioned. When I could not complete my declarations on the BHA “clunky” admin site at 8.45, I assumed that the gremlins had got into the system. I was wrong – no gremlins, just the leathery jacketed ones…
Communication !!!! Come on guys, you can do better than this. We do not make race plans on a wing and a prayer….
When will Brighton race again….??
Another day of Classic trials and another day of muddy waters. The show moves on to Newbury today and tomorrow. Those who are keeping their powder dry and heading straight to the Guineas will not have been terrified by what has played out so far…..
The Greenham tomorrow. We will be there. Not with a runner in the big race – that can wait until next year…
This was the day that we realised that we were in the presence of something pretty special…
