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Point Blank: Did JP McManus Stop a Gold Cup Winner?

GC did sound a bit of a warning pre-race, but it still reads as if he was having a go. You’d have thought the stewards might have had a word or two to say.

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The stewards seemed to think an explanation was required:

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Inothewayurthinkin, trained by Gavin Cromwell, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal
 
Probably dont want him going to the well too much before Cheltenham, which js all well and good, but it puts mugs like me away.

Good article. If he was owned by Donald Duck and trained by Micky Mouse, people would be calling for the trainers/owners head.

If it got chinned going off 2/1 you’d accept it. But to drift to silly prices and never be put in the race frankly stinks. And when it wins in March be because of the extra 2 furlongs. f%*& off
 
It's just bad optics for a Gold Cup winner. When you look at the scrutiny that Nicky Henderson got over Constitution Hill yet today that's just considered par for the course.
 
Slim said:
It's just bad optics for a Gold Cup winner. When you look at the scrutiny that Nicky Henderson got over Constitution Hill yet today that's just considered par for the course.
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Couldnt agree more. If that’s Nicky Henderson and De Boinville, they’d be called cowards, and be hung drawn and quartered. And have the worlds media all over them.

Tbf, some people are correctly calling it out for what it is, but f%*& all will happen. Just accept it, then laud the crooked bastards with praise in March when it wins on snaff again.
 
He absolutely HAD to be tested after that run but your article is very good and definitely something to ask. Racing has always trod carefully around the big guns for fear of upsetting them. You only have to look at the hangers on up at the Sales with all the filthy rich. Their syncophantic a*selicking is painful in the extreme - look at those who daren't say a bad word about the wife beating Sheikh. Funny how he never turns up on a racecourse these days but he's freely walking around the sales.
 
Double J said:
Couldnt agree more. If that’s Nicky Henderson and De Boinville, they’d be called cowards, and be hung drawn and quartered. And have the worlds media all over them.

Tbf, some people are correctly calling it out for what it is, but f%*& all will happen. Just accept it, then laud the crooked bastards with praise in March when it wins on snaff again.
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The horse could just have been lifeless but when it's a Gold Cup winner you need better communication of why the run was so bad, that's my point.
 

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