Of the “refresh” button….
Up and down the land. And especially at Seven Barrows. The Racing Admin site has “declarations tracking” – a useful tool as the deadline of 10.00 am approaches. Constitution Hill, will he sneak in on Friday at Southwell, or will others deny him a run….??
Nicky Henderson’s Racing Secretary will be hovering over a computer, counting the numbers and the minutes. On many occasions, somebody else’s 9.59 press of the “Declare” button has scuppered a plan…
We shall see. Incidentally, I personally find the Racing Admin site very navigable and user friendly. But clearly others do not – and have deemed that it is worth spending £17 trillion on something called “Racing Digital…”
I have been in correspondence with the team at Racing Digital, and will be taking up their invitation to visit their offices. And will continue to lobby hard that a key part of their brave new world is that the onboarding of new owners is made a million times more seamless than it is right now…
Some headlines in the Racing Post –
British racing’s power brokers maintain silence to leave governance reforms in limbo
Explained: the stalemate that is threatening to derail governance reforms in British racing
Racing’s leaders are failing the sport – and they won’t even tell you why
We put direct questions to them about the stalled governance reforms. Not one would answer
Yup, mired in deep treacle. Lord Allen quieter than a Church Mouse. All very dull – but so typical of the “vested” and their inability to work together for the greater good…
Whilst we batter away on the shop floor desperately trying to promote our great sport, we have flawed governance and leadership dragging us ever closer to the cliff edge…
Frustrating – with a few expletives…
Ah well, Champion Chase day this time in three weeks, and all will be well….
