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He pulled up his mount, got tired of waiting for someone to drive him back so took the ambulance.
A) he had a horse for heaven’s sake, couldn’t he ride that back?
B) What the hell did he do with the horse?Absolute idiot. He should be made to spend his 14 day ban shadowing ambulance crews at the racecourses. Then he might begin to understand how vital their work is. Or maybe make a visit over to see Brian Toomey.
I am confused by why he didn’t ride the horse back?
I agree he is an idiot as well.. for spending his 14 day ban shadowing ambulance crews.
I think a 14 day ban is ridiculous when you consider that the ‘Leopardstown Five’ only got 4 days each
It was a stupid thing to do but as I understand it the horse was being handled by someone and the ambulance crew took their sweet time getting to him, he must have been pretty irate although I’m not making excuses for him.
I can see the funny side
This is the level of decision-making and common sense Our Conor fans can look forward to next season.
I think a 14 day ban is ridiculous when you consider that the ‘Leopardstown Five’ only got 4 days each
It was a stupid thing to do but as I understand it the horse was being handled by someone and the ambulance crew took their sweet time getting to him, he must have been pretty irate although I’m not making excuses for him.
I can see the funny side
Why would they rush to get to him? He wasn’t injured in any way so they’d be doing him a favour giving him a lift back.
Looks like he’s going to appeal:
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-ra … t7DaysNews
First I’ve heard of the fate of his poor mount in all this.
I cannot believe he’s appealed.
Arrogant little sod.
Hopefully they will double his ban for wasting their time.
I think the ban covers Galway? In which case he was always going to appeal it, given Connell will surely have a few fancied runners.
The horse broke his leg that’s why he didn’t ride it back..why on earth would he even dreamof doing that.. he should be prosecuted by the guards if the was a race goer he would of been nicked by the police with out a doubt EJIT
If there is legal representation at his appeal, it will be the first time the defence will be classed as ‘ambulance chasers’.
"Why would he ride back on a horse with a broken leg?"
A very sensible question, and in light of Barry Connell’s complaint about the way in which his horse’s injury was dealt with, a rather ironic one too. Connell himself rode a horse called Ttipolovitch in a Listowel bumper a few years ago in which the horse broke down very badly on the home turn.
Despite the injury being a severe one, Connell did, in fact, remain in the saddle after easing down so that the stricken horse could carry him home, before being mercifully dispatched by the vet (the poor horse, I should add, not Mr Connell, who wasn’t even pulled up by the stewards for such an appalling display).
"Why would he ride back on a horse with a broken leg?"
A very sensible question, and in light of Barry Connell’s complaint about the way in which his horse’s injury was dealt with, a rather ironic one too. Connell himself rode a horse called Ttipolovitch in a Listowel bumper a few years ago in which the horse broke down very badly on the home turn.
Despite the injury being a severe one, Connell did, in fact, remain in the saddle after easing down so that the stricken horse could carry him home, before being mercifully dispatched by the vet (the poor horse, I should add, not Mr Connell, who wasn’t even pulled up by the stewards for such an appalling display).
Thanks for refreshing my memory Rory – I knew his name sounded familiar, the horse was Tripolovitch, 17th September 2009, the Thursday of the Listowel Festival.
I was at Listowel that day and I remember shouting at him to "get off the effing horse" I even made a complaint to the Stewards on the day I was so incensed and angry, even more so when they did nothing about it.
In fact I’m pretty certain I posted about it on here at the time or shortly after.
Indeed you did Paul, first post on page 3 of this thread:
https://theracingforum.co.uk/horse-r … ch+connell
That’s disgraceful, shocking that he did that and shocking that the stewards didn’t take action.
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