Sam Hoskins
8,125 posts
Sam Hoskins
@HoskinsSam
Racing manager for Kennet Valley Syndicates & Hot To Trot Racing. Plenty of opinions, all of which are personal views. Not verified as I dislike Elon Musk.
Joined September 2011
It staggers me how many racecourses still don’t get it why encouraging syndicates to bring more than a handful of their members Racing is good for our sport? We need racing to be accessible to everyone and syndicates are bringing in so many new faces from all backgrounds.- Not a single race @UttoxeterRaces today worth over £5,000 to the winner. In my view, they should not be allowed to race on a Sunday when they are offering peanuts. It costs extra for owners, is inconvenient for stable staff yet makes fortunes in media rights for @arenaracingco.
- I have today resigned from the board of the @RacehorseOwners. I have little faith in its leaders to do the right thing for owners/our sport. They have also done precious little to support shared ownership in the five years I have been on the board, despite constant pushing.
- Two Grade 1 Novice Chases either side of the pond tomorrow. Irish Arkle worth €125k and Scilly Isles worth £35k.
- 1-2 for Theresa Marnane at Deauville. Couldn’t be more appropriate. 🙏@BanshaHouse
- Great quote from @LucindaRacing post Corach Rambler’s superb win today. We all love horses and we all love racing.
- I’m probably far too outspoken on racing’s funding problems but unless we speak out nothing is going to change. For all of us who love racing and who are lucky enough to work in it, we need radical change to the way racing is funded.
- So it sounds like Gordon Elliott will basically be able to carry on training the horses but under Denise Foster’s name.. some punishment! 🙈
- If Sunday racing continues then perhaps it could be permanently be for jockeys that have ridden less than X winners OR apprentices? To give those in need of rides a chance and to give the others a rest!
