Amateur day at the racing.

So seven days is getting all excited that people go to the races but don't see a horse, erm is the Weasel the only one that thinks 'yeah, so what?'

They would have been far better employed reporting on the total shambles that was getting into and home from the event.

Now every year it is chaos trying to get into the International village and hell trying to get home yet the organisers do absolutely nothing effective to improve the situation the following year.

Dubai wants to attract more and more people and these signature events are part of that strategy, but the chaotic scenes that saw thousands of people trying to enter the international village through one gate really are pathetic, they show how piss poor the organisation really is.

How about two gates? Or even God help us three?

The taxi situation at the end of the night is frankly out of control with massive queues and traffic jams caused by people walking out to the main roads. Not to mention the amount of drink driving that probably happens as people give up and hit their cars.

Why is it beyond the ability of anyone to come up with a taxi system that works?

I mean this race has been running for 11 years in the same place and they still can't work it out.

Amateurs I'm afraid.

Anyway back to the seven days article with everyone saying that the event is nothing like Ascot, "nobody seems to talk about the racing" bleats one individual, well did it ever occur to him maybe that's because there's no gambling?

Of course you pay more attention to the nags at a European or Australian meet, most people there have next month's mortgage riding on the nose, does wonders for your attention on the horses that does.

Personally the Weasel is not that fussed about the gee gees, but he does love a good pissup, fix the taxis and he will be back next year.