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I know this has been chewed over before but I am failing to see any consistency in some of these starts. To me calls a false in one race then lets them go in another when to me they seem the same scenario.
The more I know the less I understand.
It is very unsatisfactory but I don’t know the answer.
I do think some starters can be overly fussy but jockeys have to take responsibility as well. The Grand Annual false start was clearly never going to go.
Then again, the starter was happy with a very ragged start to the Supreme yesterday. And the standing start for the Champion Chase was a joke – Captain Guinness was almost broadside to the tape.
It took the commentator by surprise that he let them go in the Supreme.
The more I know the less I understand.
I know nobody wants to see lots of faffing about at the start, but some of the starts that have been permitted this week have been very uneven. It looks very shoddy for what is supposedly elite sport.
The only real solution that I can see would be starting stalls. They are used in Jumps races in Japan and Australia for example, so why not here?
Richard Hoiles is correct they walk in far too far away from the tape.
The more I know the less I understand.
“They are going to fast”
Yes, they all are so let them go
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Completely unsatisfactory. Owners and punters being massively short changed.
Jockeys at fault in some, charging at the tape, Starter in others looking far too fussy.
At least that standing start was reasonable.
There is no obvious solution. When the jockeys are meant to walk forward they ‘get excited’ and start trotting fast towards the tape with a few breaking the tape. Restarting that and they do the same again. Standing start is the only thing left unless they put them in stalls.
“There is no obvious solution.”
Give them a 28-day ban. Would soon solve the problem.
Yet another false start.
If you’re a professional rider but you can’t get your horse to walk, you should be looking for a new job.
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