MERLIN SAYS ........ 'HIGH PROFILE ATTACHMENTS ARE NOTHING NEW!'
WHILE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PONDER THE 'BREAKING NEWS' THAT CHARLIE LISTER, MARK WALLIS AND KELLY FINDLAY ARE TO PROVIDE GRADED RUNNERS AT COVENTRY IN THE NEAR FUTURE MERLIN WONDERS WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT? THE THREE TRAINERS IN QUESTION REGULARLY PATRONISE THE OPEN RACE MEETINGS THERE, MARK WALLIS USED TO SUPPLY GRADED RUNNERS THERE UNDER THE LAST OWNERS, KELLY FINDLAY IS RELATED TO THE CURRENT OWNER AND CHARLIE (INFACT ALL THREE) WILL ONLY WANT GRADED RUNNERS AS A STEPPING STONE TO BIGGER THINGS SO ITS ONLY NATURAL TO WANT THE FAIREST RUNNING TRACK WITH THE BEST SURFACE AND LOWEST INJURY RATE IN THE COUNTRY!
HIGH PROFILE ATTACHMENTS ARE NOT NEW, UNATTACHED OPEN RACE TRAINERS IN RECENT YEARS AND IN FUTURE YEARS WILL DWINDLE. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT GO TREKKING AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR PRIZE MONEY THAT IN MOST CASES DOESN'T COVER A JOURNEYS EXPENDITURE. IN THE PAST YEAR DEAN CHILDS HAS JOINED HOVE AND PAT ROSNEY RUNS GRADED AT PERRY BARR. CRAIG DAWSON AND JIMMY WRIGHT RUN AT NEWCASTLE. THESE TRAINERS ATTACHING THEMSELVES TO TRACKS IS NOT SENSATIONAL ITS SIMPLY ECONOMICAL.