Harry Findlay

smartaform

Only caught snippets of Findlay's outbursts on Racing Post and i'm sure those stories are only snippets of what is actually happening!
Anyone a bit more up to date with the developments apart from him screaming at BHA Officials?? lol
What's the general consensus of Findlay?

I think the fine was too easy on him and can't really stand the bloke....

convert

smartaform wrote: »

I ... and can't really stand the bloke....

The list of people you can't stand seems to be ever increasing. :eek: Is there anybody that you like don't actually mind?! :pac:

hucklebuck

Tell me Harry isn't in trouble again. I really like him, he seems a really decent guy and wears his heart on his sleeve.

The BHA are a disgrace for banning him in the first place and I have turned on Paul Nicholls for not backing Harry, what would it have taken to come out in support of him. At the end of the day he always classed himself as a gambler so of course he will lay some of his bets, we all do it.

It's great seeing him back at trackside.

kingshankly

it was his own horse he layed. anyway hate the man thinks he's someone suit him better to pay his debts

hucklebuck

kingshankly wrote: »

it was his own horse he layed. anyway hate the man thinks he's someone suit him better to pay his debts

Not sure I get what you are saying.

He had layed Gullible Gordon but he had a huge bet on him, I would not even back GG he is a pig

finbarrk

kingshankly wrote: »

it was his own horse he layed. anyway hate the man thinks he's someone suit him better to pay his debts

Yeah, he is someone. Gold Cup winning owner, Greyhound Derby winner, etc.
I won money off him in a bet and he paid me anyway. 10 years ago, Killimer coursing meeting. Does he owe you money or whats your gripe?

kingshankly

finbarrk wrote: »

Yeah, he is someone. Gold Cup winning owner, Greyhound Derby winner, etc.
I won money off him in a bet and he paid me anyway. 10 years ago, Killimer coursing meeting. Does he owe you money or whats your gripe?

you could say that yes. could tell a few stories about the fool but on here ain't the place

Pablo Picasso

Why be oblique about it ? You have already brought into question Findlays credibility in your post....does he owe the balance of a bet or not ?

Taking the GG race, if HF stood to be a net loser had the horse lost, a ban would appear harsh..... presumably there was more evidence against Findlay for him to get such a ban, no?

hucklebuck

Nah Pablo, that was it, it was just you can't lay your own horse. I don't think the BHA took into consideration he backed the horse in the first place.

Not a fan of this rubbish, Harry is a this and a that and have stories and that is the end of my argument. Smacks of "just because" to me

UrbanSea

Stupid situation. Why would you ban a man who contributes so much to racing

hucklebuck

Sadly I don't think there is a racing man in the BHA, they are don't seem in touch with the racing public which is why racing for change was setup.

I hate those insitutions that have members in their 60's and 70's making decisions and they are just not in touch with the modern world.

Shelflife

Harry isnt "one of the boys" he is everything that the "establishment" hate.

As soon as he crossed the line he was nailed pure and simple.

they dont like upstarts and anyone who rocks the boat is seen as an enemy not of racing but of the status quo.

these are the men who have failed on numerous efforts to find jockys guilty of corruption, failed to get the necessary evidence together but cruised ahead with high profile court cases that were doomed to failure.

however if you dare to take your jacket off because you are about to pass out in the heat in a reserved enclosure at york or ascot or the like you will be surrounded my bowler hats demanding that you observe the regulations.

nice to see that they have their priorities right.

hucklebuck

I didn't know that shelflife, that is crazy but unsurprising.

And they wonder why they can't get people to go racing, it's probably them hyping up ladies day's. These are getting so much press now it is turning me off going racing.

.. and here we have someone who spent €10,000 on a rotten fruitbasket she can't see through and nobody behind her can see the races so we are going to give her a Mini Cooper. :rolleyes:

convert

Shelflife wrote: »

however if you dare to take your jacket off because you are about to pass out in the heat in a reserved enclosure at york or ascot or the like you will be surrounded my bowler hats demanding that you observe the regulations.

nice to see that they have their priorities right.

Wasn't AOB 'escourted' off the racecourse in England recently by a security guard who didn't know/care who he was? Pat Healy, the photographer, also came a cropper to security at the same meeting. Can't remember where it was, but he mentioned it in his 'diary' in The Irish Field recently enough.