Haydock yesterday - a disgrace

[bowles10]

I dont blame the fella & to be honest, Haydock should be ashamed of themselves. How much money went on that race in terms of bets etc. We were cheated as the official ground conditions were totally incorrect. If i were the BHB i would investigate & take this race away from Haydock park. They would then feel the consequences of such a decent race being spoilt. Pity Morrison didnt pull the horse but then he would have been shot!! As a protest all trainers should boycott next years race? Comments? Quoted from Attheraces Hughie Morrison remained most unhappy in the wake of Sakhee's Secret's eclipse in the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock. His July Cup winner was sent off the red-hot 11-8 favourite for the Group One contest but had to settle for fifth behind Red Clubs. Morrison was fuming afterwards, blaming the defeat squarely on what he believed to be over-watered ground, and was no happier 24 hours later. He said: "The times of the races confirmed it was on the soft side of good and I am seething with rage. You have to think about the stable staff who put in so much work to prepare a horse for a race like this and it ends up being all for nothing." He added: "I can take it on the chin if the weather changes and brings about a change in the going, but for the course to water so close to the start of the meeting is simply not right. We have become a laughing stock." As for future running plans, he added: "He's in the Diadem and the Abbaye but at the moment I am so disillusioned that I am not sure where he will run, in fact I might put him away until next year." Mick Channon was also vociferous in his criticism of ground conditions, despite his Mutawaajid running a big race to finish fourth. He said: "We knew on Friday the ground was on the soft side of good and it is absolutely ludicrous they have left it at good to firm, good in places."

[mowgli77]

Re: Haydock yesterday - a disgrace Probably explains why Hellvelyn ran so poorly too then. I haven't looked at RP news yet but it makes a mockery of punters who study to find a good to firm performer and then you're told it was closer to soft. The course will probably get some paltry fine, maybe if the trainers don't boycott next years meeting then the punters should. Maybe all the Haydock staff had laid Sakhees Secret on Betfair, an absolute joke of a race and any form from that race can be written off.