Good point Ken. I think you are talking mainly about Sam Thomas, for those a bit too slow to work it out themselves.
Yes, I think the chap is getting a confidence problem and boy will his horses be unsettled by it. Also, I wonder if he is sometimes riding to stay on rather than riding to win – subconciously, not on purpose. I don’t think he is a betting proposition until he is back to consistent better form, which I hope is soon, I don’t like some of the red-top tendancies this type of thing brings out in the press.