Most newbies are mules that have come here because plastic carrots have been dangled in front of them.  They plod around on the boards wearing signatures without understanding the messages in the signatures, and then they complain when they realise that their carrots are fake, or somebody has cut the string that dangles them in front of their noses.

What we want are newbies who are budding race horses, and then we can show them the winning posts and the prizes. We can also help them to become lean and fit, so that they can earn those prizes. No matter how good a trainer you are, you will never be able to train a mule to win the Grand National, however by discouraging a race horse, you can make it believe it is a mule.