suds, yes there is regular races in Manila, but my place is in San Isidro in the central Visayas a long way from there. I am able to keep in touch to a certain extent with Aussie racing via the net, but it's a bout 20 k's on a very bumpy road which turns to sludge when it rains so I just don't bother.

But as far as the state of the racing is concerned , knowing how everything else works there I would say it would be rotten to the core all the way up the Cheif stewards' cousin to the 10th degree, 49 times removed!!