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Miserable season for Hills/Maktoum continues. No problem with the horse setting the pace but a complete cock-up to allow the race to develop into a sprint on horse who on quick ground wants a mile. That appears to have been obvious to everyone bar the rider. A career of messing up from behind now appears he can do the same from the front as well.
He does seem to me to be a very lucky chap to have kept a great job riding Hamdan al Maktoum’s blue blooded animals for so long. Perhaps they can see something in him that I cannot
He’s not my favourite either but Entifaahda looks quite big and heavy to me and as if he wasn’t liking the ground.
Lovely to see Michael upholding family tradition on Fine Threads today. Appeared to be two lengths in front of Dettori when in a position to start his run but two lengths behind by the time he got round to doing it.
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Not riding horses out to the line and making them finish out of the frame i would say that’s breaking BHA rules.
Even if your riding for a rich owner if your not going to place your horse to get prize money then what’s the point!?
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Royalrock
, you don’t need to shout, you know. Posting everything in bold is not an endearing habit.
You should also look up the meaning of
"corrupt"
. The word can’t be applied to jockeys who have their every move maliciously misinterpreted by biased pocket-fluff on this Forum.
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I don’t no when writing in bold became shouting?
THIS WOULD BE SHOUTING.
so i take it you think not riding a horse out is fine then?
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so i take it you think not riding a horse out is fine then?
I do not. But the burden of proof is considerably higher than just
asserting
such a thing has happened, without strong evidence to back up your statement. People have been sued for less.
On the point of etiquette: posting everything in
bold
is
shouting. Because you’re appearing to say
"look at me, read this, I’m ever so important and very individual"
, instead of posting in the way that everyone else sticks to.
You should have the confidence to let your posts speak for themselves, rather than having to emphasise them. Otherwise everyone will start doing it, which would be even more of a bore.
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No i do it because it looks better. but i take your point
What proof do you need? how can you get sued for an opinion racings about opinions and the opinion i take is his not good imo like it or not if you think his a good jockey then then that’s fine to.
If connexions try different tactics to see if it will improve a horse that results in the horse not finishing as prominently as expected, are they corrupt?
If a jockey is forced to make the running because his horse lit up leaving the stalls and pulled to the front and consequently his chance of winning goes, is the horse corrupt?
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Richard hills has never ridden 100 winning in a year why is that? because its certainly not the horses his riding
rides since 1988 10884 won 1638
Those figures represent a strike rate of over 15% in 22/23 years (not sure if you have included this season). That is a very respectable strike rate over a long period, his not riding 100 winners in a season can only be put down to the number of rides he has had.
What proof do you need? how can you get sued for an opinion racings about opinions and the opinion i take is his not good imo like it or not if you think his a good jockey then then that’s fine to.
Of course there’s a huge difference between saying he’s not a good jockey and saying he’s corrupt which, without proof, is almost certainly libelous. Over the last ten years he has a strike rate of just under 17% which in my book doesn’t put him in the poor jockey category. Also the fact that Hamdan Al Maktoum seems quite happy with him must say something and, I’m sure Hamdan Al Maktoum knows more about racing than you, me and most of the others on here. And no matter what you, me or anyone else thinks he rides for the owners benefit.
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Royalrock
, thank you for getting rid of the universal bold type. Of course what looks good on your browser and font setup is going to look very different on nearly everyone else’s, and so the aesthetics might not be so pleasing for all.
Fortunately you didn’t specify a jockey or race in your line about corruption, because the qualifying phrase
"in my opinion"
doesn’t stop libel being actionable.
If, for example, you wrote that
"In my opinion our next door neighbour Mr Smiggins is a murderer"
the first three words would be no defence in law against damages for libel, unless you could prove you were right beyond a shadow of a doubt!
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it was a strong word to use so i have changed it
news clippings
HILLS ROCKED BY BAN
Hills was found guilty of failing to ride out to the line on the John Dunlop-trained Buthaina, who dead-heated with Swift Alchemist in the Sponsor At Newcastle Median Auction Maiden Stakes.Buthaina wore down the eventual third Jordans Elect in the closing stages, but Swift Alchemist, racing on the opposite side of the course, forced a share of first place.
Hills’ mount started at 11-8 favourite and punters lost half their possible winnings and half their stake on the filly because she did not win outright.
Stewards’ secretary Phil Tuck said: "The stewards felt that Richard had failed to ride out approaching the finish, therefore forfeiting outright first place."
Hills had been due to partner fancied contenders Khulood in the Sagitta 1000 Guineas and Muqbil in the Sagitta 2000 Guineas, and he was clearly upset by the decision.
He said: "I will have to speak to Michael Caulfield [chief executive of the Jockeys’ Association] and consider appealing.
"I had rides with good chances in both the Classics and then there is Chester and York. It is just a bit of a shock at the moment."
Before learning of the length of his suspension, which runs from May 1 to 10 inclusive and May 12 to 22 inclusive, he reasoned: "I did not stop riding. I was just getting up from the drive position. It had taken my horse two furlongs to get past Jordans Elect. I can’t believe this is happening."
RICHARD Hills has become the latest jockey to fall foul of the stewards’ crackdown on not riding out to the line when he received an eight-day suspension at Sandown yesteday.
Riding Broadway Score in the Sandown Summer Stakes for his brother John, Hills dropped his hands close home and was short-headed for sixth place by Fool On The Hill.
The result was not a blow to punters, but there was prize money down to sixth place.
Hills had already been punished for the same offence earlier this season, when banned for 12 days after dead- heating on Buthaina at Newcastle in April.
Now the stewards have banned him for eight days from July 13-19 and 21.
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