Ferdy Murphy why does he do it?

[no idea]

Ferdy Murphy, trainer of the unplaced Hollo Ladies, was fined £580 by the stewards after the clerk of the scales deemed jockey James Reveley to have weighed in 2lb heavy.

Murphy was found guilty of changing the saddle pad and it was his second such offence in the last 12 months.

Never liked him as a trainer especially with being exposed in the past but why is he doing the above? For what reason?
Surely this is cheating and I would have thought he should be banned.

[cormack15]

Don’t know if you’d call it cheating No Idea, it is hardly advantageous (at least in the short term ) to have the horse carrying more weight than it should. But it could certainly be viewed as incompetent. If a trainer repeatedly can’t get horses onto the course with the correct weight on their backs you have to question if he’s fit to hold a licence.

[eddie case]

Don’t know if you’d call it cheating No Idea, it is hardly advantageous (at least in the short term ) to have the horse carrying more weight than it should.

It’s certainly disadvantageous to any punter backing such a horse although it could be an advantage to someone wanting to lay one.

[cormack15]

Indeed Eddie, you are right.

[Gingertipster]

If the horse is carrying 2 lbs more than the handicapper believes – then it’ll possibly be dropped 2 lbs more than it

should be

next time out.

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