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https://www.racingtv.com/news/neil-callan-given-12-day-ban-for-riding-a-finish-a-circuit-too-soon
Incredible how an experienced jockey could make such a mistake. Maybe he just wanted a few days holiday?
At least it was a 50/1 chance. Let’s hope not too many people backed the horse.
I’ve seen it a few times were some jockeys are riding a finish a circuit early. Think it’s the adrenaline and they might not have ridden many winners. At least thats my opinion.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.It was a 2 mile race, you know that you have to pass the post twice. Even at Kempton which is not a seven furlong circuit.
But it happens all the time and he won’t be the last, but it still is embarassing for such an experienced jockey.“It was a 2 mile race, you know that you have to pass the post twice.”
That is what I find so surprising about it. The race was over 2 miles. How can Callan possibly have thought he had travelled that far?
I am not suggesting there was anything crooked going on. He clearly just had a brain fade.
I recall one or two incidents where jockeys have ridden a finish a circuit too soon at Fakenham. That is almost understandable in the long distance races when they seem to go round about four times.
But riding a finish too soon at Kempton?
Exactly, Cork. I would also understand it at places like Fakenham, Plumpton or Chester. But instead of stopping after 3 mins and some 30 seconds, you stop after 80-90 seconds. I mean that is a very short ride…. unless you have 6-7f on your mind.
I was watching it last night and burst out laughing when it happened, classic lol these mistakes never get old on me
though would probably be a different story if I’d backed his mount!!Don’t forget that he spent a decade in a racing jurisdiction without 2 mile races.
In fact, only 3 1.5 miles races over there in a season.
“What is trip?”
“2 miles.”
“What?”Probably the conversations in stewards’ room.
Dick Francis in his autobiography said at Cartmel’s multi-day Bank Holiday fixture, by the time you’d been round the track a dozen times over the weekend, it was easy to forget when you were on the final circuit and needed to start to ride a finish.
I’m less forgiving – it’s a “you had one job….” thing for me and for a jockey to confuse a 2m race with a sprint and go a CIRCUIT too soon is simply unprofessional – it’s their JOB – and failure merits the ban given.
Wake the F up, Callan, fella – checking the distance of the race you’re about to ride in should be standard.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"The strange thing is that he only had four rides on the card. He won over 6f, over 8f and finished 2nd over 12f. How could he have misjudged the 2m finish on the last one? Maybe he was just celebrating too much.
One would assume that jockeys are tested prior to racing and not after the final race on the card. I’m not suggesting foul play, especially not on a 50/1 shot, but maybe something influenced him after three successful rides.Nice angle Ruby, just started my first proper year of the sports psychology degree I’m doing and I’m actually thinking of specialising on jockeys/horse racing down the line, there really is a big problem in racing with drug abuse and most definitely mental health problems to go with it.
“I’m less forgiving…Wake the F up, Callan, fella – checking the distance of the race you’re about to ride in should be standard.”
I hear you, ID. It was a poor error for such an experienced jockey.
The only thing I ask is: did he deserve to get a longer ban for a mistake than Hanagan received what he did at Royal Ascot?
That’s a separate issue for me, CAS.
To put it another way, “ask not should Callan have got less, but instead should Hanagan have got more?”
With apologies to JFK.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Good luck with your degree, BB.
With Ruby Walsh (and other top jockeys) lining up first at the start of meaningful NH races, I always wondered what other jockeys were thinking.
It wouldn’t happen with starting stalls as Ian would tell us on numerous times. But why would you conceed the best starting position to better jockeys/connections without reason?
What part of sports psychology would define this behaviour?“there really is a big problem in racing with drug abuse and most definitely mental health problems to go with it”
I’d think bring a journeyman jockey can be extremely depressing at times
You’re in a dry spell winners wise, driving up and down the country each day riding in class 6 handicaps with crap prize money
Then it’s not surprising with the big jockeys either who are under extreme pressure to ride winners or they will be let go and replaced. And they get slated on social media if they give a less than adequate ride in a big race.
That will cause mental health problems which often leads to alcohol and drug abuse
“It wouldn’t happen with starting stalls as Ian would tell us on numerous times.”
I would!
And will!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Neil Callan in my opinion is one of the best jockeys around. They effectively kicked him out of hong Kong because he stood up to the all powerful jockey club.
He has ridden listed, group and a host of decent races on the all weather and on turf this summer.
Normally he puts in 100% and simply had a brain fart. Best of all he knows how to ride out a finish albeit a circuit too early.
Best of all he’s human.
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