F/A of Elite

[i961pie]

Just done a quick search and it seems there are 21 trainers based in the Malton area, including a few big yards:

http://www.directoryoftheturf.com/se...rchtown/Malton

I would love to see some of the northern trainers win the Derby and such like, I know Johnstone, Burke etc. win grade ones but the likes of Gosden, Stoute and O'Brien seem to mop up. Mind you with the Arabs and Coolmore behind them you can see why.
I wonder what this Rhubarb guy didn't understand about the heading off the thread F/A Elite.

[SwalePie]

Aye up EP at the moment I am spending a few days in Wensleydale especially in Middleham, have you ever been? Because with your interest in horse racing I think you would love it. As you know it is the racing capital of the north and though it is a small town there are numerous racing stables all over. Trainers like Phil Keniry, Ben Haslam, Simon West and Micky Hammond plus the massive yards of Mark Johnson and many more.
All day horses are moving about the town on their way up to the gallops which are immense, the work riders are so polite and friendly and always speak to you.
Plus there is also the fantastic scenery and walks.
Thought you might be interested, apologies if you have already been.

My old stomping ground! I used to vanish over to Middleham for the odd 'lost weekend' when I lived over in Swaledale. Have fun up there

[Notts78]

[QUOTE=RhubarbPie;39051099]1. Horses trotting around a farmers field have almost zero chance of randomly breaking a leg, unlike horses being raced at breakneck speeds bumping into each other in a torrid frenzy, jumping fences higher than a man to who-knows-what on the other side.

The jumps you refer to make a very small percentage of horse racing. In addition the break neck speeds you only tend to find in sprints. You say that a horse has almost zero chance of breaking a leg in a farmers field. A horse has almost zero chance of dying in a horse race. 0.2% in fact.

[RhubarbPie]

[QUOTE=Notts78;39051131]

1. Horses trotting around a farmers field have almost zero chance of randomly breaking a leg, unlike horses being raced at breakneck speeds bumping into each other in a torrid frenzy, jumping fences higher than a man to who-knows-what on the other side.

The jumps you refer to make a very small percentage of horse racing. In addition the break neck speeds you only tend to find in sprints. You say that a horse has almost zero chance of breaking a leg in a farmers field. A horse has almost zero chance of dying in a horse race. 0.2% in fact.

The chances of the farmers field incident is significantly less than the horse race incident. And the big difference is, if a horse gets injured in a field it's an accident. If it gets injured on the racetrack, it's largely the fault all all who encourage the heinous 'sport'.

[Notts78]

I think it best we agree to disagree. I enjoy horse racing, and obviously I would want each runner to return safely after each race. Sadly that isn’t always possible.

[Elite_Pie]

The chances of the farmers field incident is significantly less than the horse race incident.

Another crass comment that proves your total ignorance on the subject. How many people do you think would breed a thoroughbred to stand in a farmer's field?

[RhubarbPie]

Another crass comment that proves your total ignorance on the subject. How many people do you think would breed a thoroughbred to stand in a farmer's field?

Thanks for the insults, Elsie! Helps me know I'm on the right track.

They'll all be standing in farmers fields in a few years time when the country wakes up an realizes that horse racing is abhorrent. And it will be the profits of the horse racing industry that will be paying to rent those farmer's fields.

[Elite_Pie]

They'll all be standing in farmers fields in a few years time when the country wakes up an realizes that horse racing is abhorrent. And it will be the profits of the horse racing industry that will be paying to rent those farmer's fields.

Oh yeah, you never did tell me your plans to get the country's second most popular spectator sport banned (attendances are on the increase by the way, especially among the younger generation).

I would really love to hear them.