Firstly, Jacob was on a 28-day contract.
Secondly, they had no idea who (if anybody) was going to become available further down the line, so brought him in to replace a rider who can't the track (as was pretty much proved on Sunday).
Thirdly, how do you know that they haven't tried to bring in someone to replace Danny (I'm not saying they have or haven't as I don't know myself) and haven't been able to persuade them to come to Newcastle?
Not a lot of options available, sadly. Doolan would have been the obvious choice (given the limitations), but I guess had been booked already to ride at your place.
Can confirm that Coty Garcia guests for Lasse Bjerre and it's R/R for Thomas Jorgensen.
1. Steve Worrall, 2. R/R for Thomas Jorgensen, 3. Coty Garcia, 4. Matty Wethers, 5. Ulrich Ostergaard, 6. Max Clegg, 7. Danny Phillips.
Both Josh Pickering and Ricky Wells intend to ride.
https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2019-07-09/josh-is-back
Diamonds are without Thomas Jorgensen and Lasse Bjerre, but bring in Ulrich Ostergaard to replace Jacob Bukhave.
One guest appearance saw him win his last race (his only scoring race in 5 rides), 7th Sept 2014 home vs Peterborough. Lasse Bjerre scored 15 from 5 (including a tac double) for the Panthers! Danny P also guested for Peterborough (scoring 1). Ulrich Ostergaard (as an aside!) scored 10+2 from 6.
Another saw him score 7+2 from 4 against Scunthorpe in a 67-22 home win in June the same year. TJ broke a scaphoid for Scunny after scoring 8 from 5 from reserve for the Scorpions.
Max would be at reserve for the rest of this month, which, given the fixtures, would be no bad thing. Also, Max is currently on 4.33 & Ulrich is in 5.66, so Max would probably stay at reserve in August as well.
I know it would be VERY harsh, but would anyone have Ulrich Ostergaard in to replace Jakob? Ostergaard would go in at 5th in the averages and Max would then come down to reserve.
In the meantime, regards Jack Smith.... it's a "no" from me.