Miss L Toe
Well-Known Member
Great stuff, I would bet on the chances of survival of the man in the white coat and flag who stood at the crossroads of you figure of eight, and stopped horses colliding.My radical idea that won't get adopted is to turn it into "lanes," like human races but with rails so that the horses cannot cross lanes, and loose horses are kept out of the way. Would have to somehow make sure they all travelled the same distance (alter the course to be a figure of 8..?)
Of course, all we need do is to run forty races over the course of a GN day, measure the times and the fastest one wins, obviously to make it fair, one jockey will have to ride all forty horses, if he unseats, the horse is caught and another jockey takes over, until he falls off, and so on: so many betting opportunities, and certainly innovative.
They don't need to waste money on all those fancy coloured silks either, lower the carbon foot print by using number cloths, like eventers wear.
Or a staggered start, with the top handicap horse starting at Aintree Car Park and the lightest in Front of the Stands. You need forty ponies to help hold the horses in their start box, so we can include the Pony Club as well, it would be a great photo opportunity if Katie Price turned up.
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