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Yesterday, the starter for the good novice chase at Aintree….
They usually get it in the neck don’t they? However, he did me a favour. I thought Doctor David was too big at the price. Thought he would like a flat left-handed course and enjoy any give in the ground.
So, when he plonked himself at the start (as he’s done before) I feared the worst and couldn’t get to my laptop quick enough. I saw Thornton and thought ‘this bugger’s going to be left here and the starter will just let them go and I’ll lose my stake.’
Anyway, he didn’t let them go and I felt some relief when I heard Thornton instructed – ‘you’ve had your chance, get off him!’
It wasn’t exactly clear what the rider was saying in resopnse, but I can tell you something Mr Thornton, I trusted the starter’s judgement that he wouldn’t go more than your belief that you would get the horse going.
Well done that man!
I was @Aintree and was probably the only person in the mob of people round me who won on that race @16/1. Was getting some icey stares
I can’t lip-read but Andrew Thornton was absolutely spitting venom at the starter, would he still get his riding fee?
I don’t know if an edict has been handed down from the BHA but I have certainly noticed that the starters have started becoming a lot stricter in the last few weeks and there have been more bans given out recently for not following the starters instructions.
yes he will get his fee as he weighed out.
I thought the starters assistant was useless flapping the whip around the horses head, if u want to make a horse go forward someone tell him it helps if u stand behind said animal.The starting standerd was pretty poor I though, the national was a laugh too watch start wise, if he wants a prfect like use starting stalls like they do for the japanese national.
In fairness both false starts in the National were the fault of the jockeys, not the starter. The first one was never going to be a start- at least one was facing the wrong way and for the second, Silver Birch’s jock for one was going at 30mph when he reached the tape! Time for longer holidays for the little men when they don’t cooperate, IMO.
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