In 6 years full time professionally punting for a living I have never seen the ground on the flat this bad.

York in the Sunshine is Superb

I am not making excuses, though I would like to point out how we are being stitched up. As at 14:30 on Thursday this is the official going reports;

Ascot – Soft
Chester – Soft, Good to Soft in places
Hamilton Park – Good to Soft, Good in places
Lingfield Park – Standard
Market Rasen – Hurdles – Good, G/S in plcs, Chase – Good to Soft
Nottingham – Soft
Ripon – Good to Soft

Good to Soft at Ripon? at 3-30pm the meeting was called off for waterlogged track! Do these people not realise we rely on their information for punting?

There is no way on Earth that Chester is Soft! The ground is bottomless and they cant use the stalls.  This is a JOKE! They are doing this to get the horses to the track. Ascot was called off the other day due to waterlogging! Soft?. When doing the cards we have to work on what the clerks say; it has turned out to be absolute rubbish, day in, day out.

It is not just myself. Other pros I am working with have also never had it so tough! We are professionals and the last few weeks have been a joke, the flat at the moment is a lottery! The courses though are stitching everyone up! Watching Racing UK they cant drive on the grass it is that bad! The form book is pointless at the moment. Three races on Thursday started with flag starts.

Its not the fault of the tracks that the weather is monsoon-like but for heaven’s sake don’t insult our intelligence – look at Ripon today, its a total and utter joke!

I  will be avoiding the flat for a few days, hope York is run on decent ground!