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No matter if he’s only ridden ten times in public, you still have to keep the horse going to the line.
Backed into 7/4 favoritism makes matters even worse, especially for the owners’ syndicate.Blimey, I was a punter on that, Id be rather unhappy. 28 days dont seem enough to be honest, maybe he should not have looked at the big screen.
£8,315 matched at 1.01 on Betfair.
I suppose it has happened before and will happen again but it still doesn’t make it right.
No doubt he is feeling horrendous but he can’t have any complaints about the penalty. What he did was unacceptable. He has to take it on the chin and learn.
All I will say is there was another case recently where a higher profile jockey received no ban after the stewards believed his cock and bull story. It wasn’t an identical case and maybe it wasn’t quite as bad. But the perception is it is easier for the stewards to throw the book at an apprentice.
Punters of Ahoy Senor at Aintree yesterday were arguably not well served by the jockey either.
And I do hate it when the trainer turns round and says “at the end of the day he’s an apprentice”. What difference does that make? To me it should have the opposite effect, insomuch that you don’t want to make mistakes so you may ride out the horse more than you should, especially if you’re trying to impress and pick up outside rides.
i never bet with apprentices or amateurs in the plate.
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysI seldom back horses with 7lb claimers on board. I don’t bet in amateur riders races on the Flat and will only back particular (sh)amateurs over jumps.
It is certainly not a good idea for an apprentice who has never ridden a winner to start easing up on soft ground and trying to look clever.
The horse was rather pulling further clear than tiring. But, one stupid look over the wrong shoulder and the jockey thought he had sealed the race.
How many times did Ruby, AP or Ryan ease down a horse when only 5-6 lengths in front?It looks to me like he was looking at the big screen. Saw he was well clear and thought he had better ease up rather than win too far (as if the handicapper wouldn’t notice).
Those big screens tend to be at least two seconds behind the live action, so he probably wasn’t as far clear as he thought.
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