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Edward Ahern was given a seven-7- day ban for careless riding by the local stewards in Stockholm after his ride on the favourite Sir Lando in the Group 3 Stockholm Stora Pris. My first reaction was that it must have been seven weeks or even more.
What do you think?
Both the fallen horses survived, ad all three stricken jockeys are now home from the hospital.
Watch the accident here, what do you think?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxOakivgnI
BTW, Stockholm is the capitol of Sweden, a country in Northern Europe
I’m no expert at riding horses but shouldn’t his whip have been in the other hand ?
Did he win the race ?
Sir Lando ( Blue with white sleeves) came second, and kept the place after the stewards ……
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Seven days is about right for what he did, which was to come across a tiring horse too quickly as he was trying to make his challenge. The domino effect was horrific, but it was not Ahern’s intention to cause mayhem. This was not
dangerous
riding, but
careless
. Seven days is fair enough.
Seven days is about right for what he did, which was to come across a tiring horse too quickly as he was trying to make his challenge. The domino effect was horrific, but it was not Ahern’s intention to cause mayhem. This was not
dangerous
riding, but
careless
. Seven days is fair enough.
Depends on the rules of the country involved, think there’s a fair chance it would be classed as "dangerous" riding in Britain due to the fallers although of course exactly the same riding would be classed as "careless" with no fallers.
Stewards always look on offences less leniently if fallers are involved, whether that’s right or wrong is another issue but then again different stewards at different tracks may come to different conclusions anyway as occurs now in any stewards enquiries.Looking at the second camera angle on the video, I am surprised Ahern chose to go inside one horse and into a pack of seven horses, when he had the option of going outside one horse and into the clear. It might be careless to pull to his right and possibly interfere with one horse who had lots of room to get out of his way, but to pull to his left as he did was almost certain to have the result it did. It seems he was just not concentrating on what was going on around him, and that makes him a bit dangerous in any horse race.
did anyone else hear the swedish stewards reopened the enquiry and decided to give ahern another 14 days, which will rule him out of goodwood?
did anyone else hear the swedish stewards reopened the enquiry and decided to give ahern another 14 days, which will rule him out of goodwood?
That is correct. His original 7 days ran from 19 to 25 June. They reopened the hearing and suspended him for an additional 14 days, running from 20 July to 2 August inc.
Silvoir , any more news on the Binocular affair , it seems to have gone a bit quiet on that front, or is it all forgotten now
what a disgrace
Ricky
Silvoir , any more news on the Binocular affair , it seems to have gone a bit quiet on that front, or is it all forgotten now
what a disgrace
Ricky
Ricky (and Pomp, from another thread rather than duplicate)
The hearing into the Heather Royal positive sample will take place on Thursday 28 July. Binocular, as you will recall, was an elective test and therefore the positive sample itself is not offence. I can’t comment further at this stage.
Paul
Paul,
Thanks for posting that – was the Heather Royal positive sample from the run at Huntingdon behind Baby Shine?Thanks
Martin
That’s the one Martin:
HFL Sport Science has reported that the analysis of the urine taken from HEATHER ROYAL, trained by Nicky Henderson, after finishing unplaced in the EBF/DBS Mare’s Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race at Huntingdon on 10th February 2011, has revealed the presence of Dexamethasone, a prohibited substance within the meaning of Rule C (53) of the Rules of Racing. This finding has been confirmed by Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques (LCH France), who performed the counter analysis.
The Disciplinary Panel of the British Horseracing Authority will hold an Inquiry to consider whether:
1) Nicky Henderson acted in breach of Rule (C)53 of the Rules of Racing in respect of the finding of Dexamethasone in the urine sample taken from Heather Royal;
2) to take action in respect of the possible disqualification of the mare under Rule (A)74.2 Ground 3;
3) Nicky Henderson acted in a breach of Rule C(13) of the Rules of Racing in respect of his failure to keep complete medication records.
Paul , thanks for the reply
It was a shambles though , and in fairness it was not a great day for your good self …still I have made loads of mistakes , so you should be able to as well
From an outsiders point of view it looked bad
cheers
Ricky
Fascinating that Ahern stated that he would advise other jockeys not to ride in Sweden.What is it with these guys? I thought he would be advising other jockeys to ride responsibly and not kill anybody(and he did not even win the race with his folly).
It usually doesn’t pay to engage international top jockeys to ride in Scandinavia. If they at show up, they are often not prepared to do a job.
Two jockeys known for always giving their best even at those remote places are William Buick (Because he knows mummy is watching?) and …. Edi Ahern
William Buick (Because he knows mummy is watching?)
And / or daddy! Remember that William’s father Walter, who is one of the commentators on SIS’s German language feed nowadays, was formerly champion Flat jockey in Scandinavia and so naturally spent plenty of time out there.
I’d take the application that William always applies in Sweden and environs to be an acknowledgement that it’s a corner of the world that has served the Buick family so well in the past, and it’s a favour he wants to continue to repay on their behalf.
gc
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William Buick (Because he knows mummy is watching?)
And / or daddy! Remember that William’s father Walter, who is one of the commentators on SIS’s German language feed nowadays, was formerly champion Flat jockey in Scandinavia and so naturally spent plenty of time out there.
I’d take the application that William always applies in Sweden and environs to be an acknowledgement that it’s a corner of the world that has served the Buick family so well in the past, and it’s a favour he wants to continue to repay on their behalf.
gc
Walter lived in Norway, and was champion at the track there ten times or something like that. In fact he was the first jockey who rode our first horse in a race (came in last
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