“An investigation was held by Pullin and the Cheltenham team, with a rail repositioned to bypass the area, and jockeys Gavin Sheehan, Danny Mullins, Nico de Boinville and Sean Bowen, as well as trainers Nicky Henderson, Ben Pauling and Olly Murphy, agreed conditions were safe”
I’d have thought the PJA and NTF would have got wise to this tactic by now. Every time there is a question over safety on the tracks, officials recruit participants to ‘help’ them make a decision. Seems sensible on the face of it. But some day a life will be lost – human or equine, giving jockeys and trainers a very hard path to justice.
If I were the boss at NTF or PJA, I’d be telling members, leave it to ‘the officials’ representing the track, the organisation that should face full liability.