KINGSTON, Jamaica - Executive chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe in laying out what he says are the facts behind the abandonment of two races on Saturday, April 27, 2024, has called on the government to sit with racing stakeholders and have a proper conversation about racing.
Sharpe, speaking today at a press conference in Kingston, added that racing is too important to the livelihoods of thousands for it to reach its present situation.
The following is an edited voice recording of the speech made by Sharpe.
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They cannot believe that starting every race more than 10-12 minutes passed post time is appropriate the only time post time is stick to is once a year during international race day in December which is a dead give away so the argument that only Jamaica this happens is not true because international standards are you start all races on time unless there is an incident at the gate , not a delay on all 9-10 races , nothing to discuss with the government get discipline people to be in charge of the parade ring you can say “ riders up at 10 minutes to post time and have them through the tunnel at 8 minutes to post
100% real talk they to be more discipline this is garbage what they are doing
yes sir ..true true ..thre was a paddock personal back in the 70's who was a really strict character..riders up..jockeys lets go..in a very stentorian tone.bring in people with a sense of logistics
leave the govt out of this and call a spade a spade ..INEPTITUDE !!!
Too much excuses this amount of excuses do not make no sense
The bottom line is post time so extend the time to saddle the horses to the parade ring by starting those earlier and after three tries with a horse at the the gate that horse must be a LNS that is international standard that you guys love to talk about
Talking about people you become millionaires is a clear indication that because of the bottom line slackness to be condom and tolerated