
Re: All-weather Championship (UK races)
Paul Parsons wrote:
All-weather Championship standings after week 1
Championship is for all races on all-weather tracks in the UK. Winner to be determined via points scoring system with 10 pts for 1st, 6 pts for 2nd, 4 pts for 3rd, 2pts for 4th and 1pt for 5th.
1. Vinny Gerrard - 34 pts
2. Ash Munas - 20 pts
3. Paul Parsons - 16 pts
4. Jim Murray - 14 pts
=5. Daniel French - 12 pts
=5. Stu Grey - 12 pts
7. Darren Thompson - 7 pts
8. Paul Rhodes - 5 pts
=9. Jaei Bermenstein - 4 pts
=9. Joshua Sutherland - 4 pts
11. Derek Hinton - 3 pts
=12. Danger Steve - 2 pts
=12. David Robertson - 2pts
=14. Dan Hughes - 1 pt
=14. Martin Leedham - 1 pt
=14. Nick Driver - 1 pt
There are no all-weather UK races in week 2
If ever there are any odds being offered on who will top this table, Do Not Bet on me. I never enter my horses into a "dirt" race unless there is absolutely no alternative.
I never trial my horses on dirt so have no idea how they will perform on dirt.
I think my failure to appreciate dirt racing stems from my school days. My school was on the edge of farmland and in the winter months cross country racing was the cop out sport for our gym teachers. They could send us out running and sit back and drink coffee waiting on us to return. The school had an arrangement with the farmer for a 5 mile course that was mostly around the edges of ploughed land. I hated every minute of that 5 mile course but what was ironic, I was actually good at it and represented the school at various championships.