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Old 09-10-2007, 03:59 AM
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Well done to Clubsy, 10/1 was a massive price about such a consistant horse in any grade. I had a small each way bet on him.

I'm more disappointed with Haydock Park than i am with Sakhee's Secret to be honest, i suppose you have seen some of the articles written about what the track had done. All the trainers were fuming about it, EVEN Barry Hills who trains Red Clubs, and when a winning trainer is disappointed there must be something wrong.



From RP.....

Published: 09/09/2007 (Sport) By Tom O'Ryan and David Carr
THE red-hot issue of racecourse watering triggered scenes of anger at Haydock yesterday, when trainer Hughie Morrison accused the track of drastically altering ground conditions and causing the defeat of his Betfred Sprint Cup favourite Sakhee's Secret.
Just two days after Warwick was forced to abandon five races after last-minute watering went drastically wrong, Haydock - owned, like Warwick, by Jockey Club Racecourses - found its prestigious Flat fixture swamped in controversy.
A number of other trainers echoed Morrison in attacking Haydock, including Barry Hills, for whom the Sprint Cup success of Red Clubs was not enough to alter his opinion that the racecourse had drastically erred.
Having been advertised midweek as good to firm, prompting Peter Chapple-Hyam to scratch Dutch Art due to fears about fast ground, Haydock's turf was officially reported yesterday as good to firm, good in places, the change in conditions a result of watering.
However, many trainers and jockeys insisted that the racing surface was actually much softer, while racetimes suggested that the ground was no faster than good, with Red Clubs failing to go under Racing Post standard time in the Group 1 feature.
"It's loose and it's overwatered," fumed Morrison, whose 11-8 favourite finished fifth under Steve Drowne.
"Steve said he knew after a furlong that he was struggling to go on it. He wants good to firm ground, which is what I thought we were getting.
"And what about all the punters out there? It's what they thought we were getting. If I were Peter Chapple-Hyam, I'd be furious."
Referring to Haydock's clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright, Morrison said: "He promised he wouldn't overwater, and what has he done?"
Speaking before Red Clubs's victory, Hills voiced his frustration that conditions were not nearly as quick as the official description.
"It is soft, on the slow side of good - it has been overwatered," he said.
"It has got no life in it at all, and I'm very disappointed. If you go out there and look at it, it is certainly not good to firm.
"They are overwatering these tracks in a big way - they did it at Salisbury the other day, they made a mess of Warwick on Thursday and they overwatered at Chester last Saturday.
"I don't know why, when you get the wettest summer on record, people can't be a bit sensible, use some common sense and do things cautiously."
Other trainers to be upset were Bryan Smart and Jim Goldie, the latter saying: "It is dead ground - typical watered ground."
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