Not doing a great job

I thought that the fact she needed to stand up in stirrops and wiggle her arse because her knickers had encroached her crack ,had been accepted by the stewards and we had moved on.
 
From the Racing Post:

Belgium: The Belgian Jockey Club's disciplinary committee will on Friday hear what has rapidly become one of the most talked about riding performances in recent years.
Sacha Stappaerts finished a close third aboard Eastern Warrior, whom she both owns and trains, in a race over a mile at Mons on January 21.
Stappaerts seemed repeatedly to stand up in her irons and take a pull, despite Eastern Warrior appearing to travel better than his rivals, eventually losing out by a head and a neck.
After hearing her explanation that she had suffered trouble with her stirrups, stewards suspended both Stappaerts and the seven-year-old from all racing activity pending the hearing.
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So now we know, her stirrups were too short. By standing up and leaning backwards in a kind of water skiing pose she was able to straighten her legs and ease the cramp she was suffering. It could catch on.
 
News filtering through that the woman got five years for the ride in the link. No news on Tony McCoy's punishment for a similar ride in Leopardstown.
 
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