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Monday, March 13, 2006

Spelling 101
AAP Racing & Sports is a leading web portal so one would assume they would make the effort to spell check all their posts. Apparently not. This isn't a one-off either - if you go and check through their archives section you will uncover (alongside some very well written posts) all number of those filled with sloppy mistakes.

The media play a vital role in the racing industry in terms of disseminating information. They also play a key role in selling the industry to the next generation of race fans.

Syndicated Domesday Goes To Woodlands

Monday, 13 March 2006: High class three-year-old Domesday has been retired and will be syndicated for stud duty.

Domesday, a son of the top intrrnational sire Rd Ransom, has been trained by John Hawkes for the Ingham family's Woodlands Stud syndicate. .

"Domesday was a brilliant twoi-year-old who met and beat eight Group 1 winners including Stratum, Snitzel and Undoubtedly," said Woodlands general manager Trevor Lobb.
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Careless mistakes and grade 3 spelling don't really set the standard to which the rest of us should be aspiring.

Posted by: AthloneAssociates at 2:18 PM    | Permalink

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