20,000 British and Irish

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by saratogabrit

NYRA needs to take a leaf out of Ascot's book and have someone like Nick Smith who attends most of the major meetings abroad to look for connections who might want to run at Ascot. It's all very hit and miss. Some like the idea. David Donk had a horse entered to run in the 1999 2000 Guineas-who got injured-and was keen to have another attempt.

Nick Smith has a job Id love.. despite all the talk about low prizemoney in England and the incentives for foreign shippers, it has certainly increased my interest in many of Ascot's races over the past few years. International racing at the highest level is what it is all about for me... it just seems that a few countries arent to willing to ship and challenge themselves.. but I suppose, there needs to be a big financial incentive to travel as well as the challenge..