that’s the one! Thank you

Couldn't ever have been the case though could it?

Some of the comments at Cairns are laughable.  Please remember he is still a bairn at 17, plying his trade with adults in a high pressure professional setting & a sport that is more adrenaline fuelled than most.  I for one hope he keeps this up because if he wants a successful career & to chase the dream of being World Champion one day, then he is gonna need all these attributes that people are so keen to moan about.  Wont be moaning if in 10 years time he is World Champion, the same people will probably be kissing his ass.  Last night was brilliant for the sport.  What was good to see was a load of youngsters going at it 100%, ie Cairns, Rushen, Mulford, Pijper, Scott.  If these boys keep progressing then we might not see them in Britain for much longer before the lure of Zlotys beholds them, so enjoy it whilst it lasts!

All very theoretical.  But -- isn't Jacob Hook riding?

I'm sorry, but if there is a growing dispute between two riders at the tapes, the starting marshal should intervene and sort it out. That is one of his jobs. For this to end in one rider pulling the others cut out is unforgivable. Surely this amounts to delaying the start and should lead to an exclusion. In fact I think it started out as 6 of 1 and maybe both riders should have been excluded for the delay of start. Instead of which we had this pantomime where an innocent party ends up getting thrown out.

Shouldn't be any excuse for lack of home track experience/knowledge if the track can be made available at virtually any time for practice sessions?