Godolphin/Darley article

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

why do you care that they sort it out? I thought your claim was that they are ruining racing, wouldn't you want them to fall more behind and fail so that they don't ruin Newmarket?


It may have had some facts in it but it read to me like a hit piece, not some objective analysis of the situation. It did not appear balanced at all, it seemed like the objective was to fire a shot at them since they are having a down time over there. Come on, look at the title "What A Waste of Money".
Ostensibly the reason for the article was the result of the King George but its quite clear that they had this material prepared and were waiting for the right moment to unload.

I care because if they actually sort themselves out, there wouldn't be a need to buy everyone else's horses there wouldn't be a need to drive owners out of racing. When they are making money it will be good for racing, but while they are losing out bigtime, they are trying to get out of it by spending. They have shown that they cannot manage a big string, so buy continue to buy horses to add to that?

The article needed to be written by a sports writer that wasn't worried about a backlash, this is a rare thing in British journalism, especially in sports journalism. As i said, i didn't even know about it at first, but the person who told me said it couldn't be closer to the truth and i'm not being funny, but he worked there and would know much more about it than either me or you.

I would love to introduce you to some of the staff and let them give their opinions, they wouldn't be too far off those in that article.

However, i sense that many don't believe the article, so i will save my breath. No problem, everyone has their opinion and that is fair enough.

I shall comment with my opinions and knowledge no more