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Seems harsh. Thought Ruler of All’s ride was just as bad at Ludlow today, but wasn’t even looked at. Let’s have more consistency if jock’s are to miss their biggest week of the season.
I think you raise a very valid point about the timing of bans coinciding with the National Hunt season climax. Comparison with other rides and why they may or may not have been penalised is secondary.
The timing of the ban is an irrelevance, why is it okay to miss small meetings or ones that you wouldn’t even ride at but not big meetings? It’s all down to when you commit the offence as it should be.
Don’t break the rules and you wont serve the ban whenever it is.Better brains than mine can decide whether he broke the rules but from the head on, one jockey stood out as not very busy compared to every other one in the finish.
It’s not just in the finish where races are won or lost though is it? In another race on the card, the horse I mentioned previously was dropped out 30 lengths with the jockey sitting motionless until before 2 out where he got a bit busier and was beaten 10l.
Racing post comments say: soon detached in last pair, ridden and stayed on from 3 out. Held when not fluent 2 out.
My comments: held up 30 lengths off lead. Visibly travelling ok on the home turn but still miles back. Basically given no chance whatsoever.
I didn’t notice anything that untoward about the last but tbf I was watching Jonjo’s first and foremost.
In my opinion this was probably not "deliberate" as such. But in exactly the same way as the Lucy Gardner case, it is impossible to tell whether Maguire did it deliberately or not.
The way I saw it is this: Horse was in danger of being rank in the early stages, so I can understand Maguire wanting to settle him. There was also a time when he moved Born To Succeed closer and put his mount under quite severe pressure. However, made an error of judgement in accepting the situation far too soon. Very little movement from the jockey all the way up the straight and despite more or less dropping his hands did not lose much ground. Which all suggests had Maguire persevered he’d have had a chance of being in the money.
Deserves the suspension.
Value Is EverythingA rank decision especially in the circumstances how Adrian missed the last festival with a horrible injury on the eve of Cheltenham. Hope he wins his appeal, he should.
A rank decision especially in the circumstances how Adrian missed the last festival with a horrible injury on the eve of Cheltenham. Hope he wins his appeal, he should.
What happened to Jason last year should not come in to it. You can’t have one rule for one and one rule for another.
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