Chrome,his short fuse usually relates to jockeys and poor rides,even Beadman couldn't escape his wrath at times.
IMO he's been trying to groom his sons thru the satellite stables to be his successor,but I don't think Ingham wanted that.
Why would Ingham close the Brisbane stables?
It's not like he couldn't afford to keep it running,and they were getting their share of winners.
If what I read in the media when this broke is correct,Hawkes has some 180 horses that don't belong to Ingham,so he aint exactly become a battling trainer.
And he can'tpossibly be short of a quid!
Regardless of anything else,the bloke is a good trainer,his results speak for themselves.
Snowden deserves his shot,he's been the loyal bloke in John's shadow for a long time and must have surely learnt something.
If it doesn't work out,the only bloke I see with regrets is Ingham.