Going Wrong at Haydock
- Thread starter Ardross
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Marble
Guest
I saw it. Turns out he was never going to win but as you say it was like the jockey knew that at the start. If every jockey decided to stop trying at the start we wouldn't have horse racing which a few animals right activists will be pleased to know!
It was the lack of any apparent effort that disturbed me . James Reveley may say he was to him self evidently knackered all ready halfway down the back but it seems to call for an explanation . I look forward to seeing if the stewards made any enquiry .
Relkeel
At the Start
About 90% of Ferdy's horses are ridden in this way and there never seems to be anything said by the authorities.
jft2005
Conditional
am i right in thinking the handicapper cant drop you if you dont finish the race i.e. pulled up?
Bar the Bull
At the Start
No, that is incorrect.
For instance, Diamond Harry has been dropped 7lb for pulling up in the Badger Ales race at Wincanton.
For instance, Diamond Harry has been dropped 7lb for pulling up in the Badger Ales race at Wincanton.
BennyB
Senior Jockey
I thought the title related to the Clerk of the Course's legendary accuracy with going descriptions...
Tanlic
Senior Jockey
You gotta be joking.......Ferdy has trained horses the same way for years and he never breaks the rules. If one of his gets tired and there's no hope of winning the get pulled up which he is perfectly within his rights to instruct his jockeys to do so.
95% of his always need the run which is common knowledge and only an idiot would back one of his after a long break. If the stewards pull him in he simply tells them it needed the run and got tired which was blatantly obvious in this case.
He would not be lying in this case and there are no laws that say your horse has to be x amount fit to run or you can't hold them up and hope everything else comes back to you.
You could call him a non trier but in truth he wouldn't have won in a million years and all he was, is an unfancied horse badly in need of a run
Bar the Bull
At the Start
Is there not a rule about using official races as a schooling/conditioning exercise?
Yes there is . Schooling in public .