Hassen Adams calls it quits...

They already fined Andries Steyn R1000 for brining the wrong horse to the races. Isn't that called a precedent !!

Kenzia should be ashamed of himself or herself, whichever the case may be, for writing this totally misleading subject line.

This crap is what has damned the Internet and usually is employed by those seeking hits.

why then Mr Irwin, it got you here didn't it? success?

has this man got a job for me,normal bosses would make him pay the fine and make him fight his own battle if he feels he has been unfairly treated

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> ......believe me it is easy to have a cock up when
> you tell a groom or stable employee that horse in
> no 16 box is racing and must be on the 10am float
> and the oke sends horse from 15 box ......you at
> the course sees him arrive still with last nights
> hangover with the wrong horse....now say you are
> not on the course because you in CT at the sales
> and deligate to your head groom to get it all
> right....they cock up but the horse identifier
> catches it.....horse scratched you fined
> simple..... the system working until the wrong
> person is in a job that did not realise the
> consequences of not doing the job
> properly....simple


Nonsense.In this or any multi-million rand business you don't employ people to make mistakes.Trainer is first and foremost to he held accountable .

the fantasy Wrote:

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> Nonsense.In this or any multi-million rand
> business you don't employ people to make
> mistakes.Trainer is first and foremost to he held
> accountable .

The racing industry may be a multi-million rand industry but people working directly with horses locally have very little qualifications other than exprience.....

firstly how is a trainer accountable for receiving horses from a farm that have been incorrectly labled....

......then have you worked with grooms....did you see the interview of the groom of the Summer Cup winner....he may be one of the better ones getting a top horse to mind and may be good at his job yet he cannot string 2 words in English.....so there can be communication problems when relaying 15 or 16 on a normal race day....trainers are generally very hands on..... yet through absence or deligation to others with lesser understanding or communication problems..... things can go wrong.....no diffent from ordering a Castle Lite and getting a Castle Lager....:

yes apparently the two chestnuts had been mixed up earlier, before arriving at the training stables. Question - how is it that the industry relies on hand-drawn markings for identification (other than chip - which if you don't have a scanner, how do you check?). How about taking digital photographs of the horse to include in the passport then? And what about horses that have the usual racehorse colouring of bay i.e. no white markings etc.? (they all look the same to me frankly, brown and hairy, with hooves.)

ps, i'll eat me own fingers if Adams quits!

how are these issues averted in other countries?

Don Wrote:

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> yes apparently the two chestnuts had been mixed up
> earlier, before arriving at the training stables.
> Question - how is it that the industry relies on
> hand-drawn markings for identification (other than
> chip - which if you don't have a scanner, how do
> you check?). How about taking digital photographs
> of the horse to include in the passport then? And
> what about horses that have the usual racehorse
> colouring of bay i.e. no white markings etc.?
> (they all look the same to me frankly, brown and
> hairy, with hooves.)

Exactly and they cannot rely on the passport alone.....they have to be scanned to verify identity and expell the chance of human error....(tu)

Don Wrote:

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> how are these issues averted in other countries?

....dilligent horse checkers with scanners.....

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> Don Wrote:
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> > yes apparently the two chestnuts had been mixed
> up
> > earlier, before arriving at the training
> stables.
> > Question - how is it that the industry relies
> on
> > hand-drawn markings for identification (other
> than
> > chip - which if you don't have a scanner, how
> do
> > you check?). How about taking digital
> photographs
> > of the horse to include in the passport then?
> And
> > what about horses that have the usual racehorse
> > colouring of bay i.e. no white markings etc.?
> > (they all look the same to me frankly, brown
> and
> > hairy, with hooves.)
>
> Exactly and they cannot rely on the passport
> alone.....they have to be scanned to verify
> identity and expell the chance of human
> error....(tu)


So when is the microchip inserted(at what age)? Surely with all his lolly Mr Adams and other big owners can buy a scanner(I doubt it could be that expensive) to use at stables?