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28 days sounded on the high side when first hearing it but would imagine its more effective to have deterrents such as a ban rather than relying on the personal pride of the jockey for it to not happen again.
Theres roughly 12 seconds in a furlong in this case the rider stopped riding after 6, it would sound like a basic error to make.
Whats somewhat surprising is how infrequent things like this actually happen, or maybe they do and get buried in horses finishing down the fieldI actually think the shadow after his “winning”/half furlong post made him not see the real winning post.
“How long do we think the suspension without pay was for the racecourse judge who called the wrong result at Sandown Park?”
Completely agree with this point. Jockeys are always penalised when they make mistakes but it would appear the officials get away scot free.
Yes, the punters who backed Aerion Power should have been on a winner. But the punters who backed Hurricane Ivor were cheated by the officials who, as far as we are aware, have received no censure.
On the point about “long furlongs”, do we know if all furlong posts are in the right place?
I am sure I can remember reading an article where some sectional time fans were complaining about the various furlong markers (not just the 1 furlong pole) not being in the right place, especially on Irish tracks.
And why does there have to be a half furlong pole? As far as I am aware they are not found on every track. And if they were removed, there is no way such incidents would happen.
‘The Long Donny Furlong’, starring Bob Hoskins, Pierce Brosnan, and Mark Crehan.
“Thats not the Winning Post, you short streak of paralysed piss! Jockeys? I’ve **** ’em!”.
BUY THE SUN
That history-disrespecting utter bitch Sally Iggulden has evidently sanctioned the sacrilegious removal of the distance post (also entirely unnecessary nowadays – but I liked it!) at Beverley and pointless half-furlong poles are cropping up here there and (seems like nearly) everywhere.
What is the world coming to??!!
“A half furlong pole with ‘half furlong’ written on it. You’d think a brought young college boy like you would have noticed that – ****ing Judas!”
One of the all-time great movies, TTC.
Well worth paraphrasing at every opportunity.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"I quite like the half furlong as a viewer
but agree its not needed for jockeysBlackbeard to conquer the World
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