No I honestly would not, its seems daft to me stopping a rider earn money. From a Poole perspective it makes little difference, I fully expect a decent return for Sam tonight, maybe a couple of points short of what Jordan would get but not much different.
He is fit
He is not testing his fitness, he has taken a guest booking to earn money. It is a short season and not much of it left so why shouldn't he. Jason Edwards was saying about not having enough racing on tv the other day. He said ideally would like at least 3 meetings a week.
Bowes has a 5 point average and he got paid 7 in the more difficult number 4 position so no Wood getting paid 4 at reserve is not doing as well as Bowes would plus Wood was gifted 2 of those points.
I realise it isnt Zach's favourite hunting ground but I think he may have managed more than 3. It is clear we need to replace Bowes and hope Zach doesn't miss anymore meetings.