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As I pointed out above, he was lame after the race so lots of people at Ascot [it was in the racecourse stables apparently] saw it and got on their mobiles, to Betfair, bookies, and chums...

It forced Nicholls to make a statement before he knew the full story. It's a story of the modern technological era - and no it wouldn't have happened 5 years ago, as very few people would have had mobiles who were in a position to have seen the initial lameness. It's not Nicholls' fault it got reported, I'm pretty sure of that. Last thing he would want is a major panic like that with all the added media pressure

<blockquote data-quote="Sara" data-source="post: 2135632" data-attributes="member: 65329">As I pointed out above, he was lame after the race so lots of people at Ascot [it was in the racecourse stables apparently] saw it and got on their mobiles, to Betfair, bookies, and chums...It forced Nicholls to make a statement before he knew the full story. It&#039;s a story of the modern technological era - and no it wouldn&#039;t have happened 5 years ago, as very few people would have had mobiles who were in a position to have seen the initial lameness. It&#039;s not Nicholls&#039; fault it got reported, I&#039;m pretty sure of that. Last thing he would want is a major panic like that&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp; with all the added media pressure</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sara, post: 2135632, member: 65329"] As I pointed out above, he was lame after the race so lots of people at Ascot [it was in the racecourse stables apparently] saw it and got on their mobiles, to Betfair, bookies, and chums... It forced Nicholls to make a statement before he knew the full story. It's a story of the modern technological era - and no it wouldn't have happened 5 years ago, as very few people would have had mobiles who were in a position to have seen the initial lameness. It's not Nicholls' fault it got reported, I'm pretty sure of that. Last thing he would want is a major panic like that :eek: with all the added media pressure [/QUOTE]

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