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Any thoughts on the ride that Richard Quinn gave Autumn Blades the 2/7 favourite for the second race at Folkestone yesterday?
The horse was very keen and under restraint was wandering about quite a bit. Quinn eventually got him on to the stand rail and the horse looked to have the race at his mercy entering the final furlong but Quinn insisted on holding on to him until the last possible moment and even though the horse did get up in a photo it looked touch and go at one moment.
My instant reaction was that Quinn was showboating (I still think that, to some extent he was) but Luke Harvey and Chaparse were very quick to jump to his defence.
Luke saying that it was a masterful ride and Chaparse nominating it for ‘Ride of the Week’.
Of course, Chaparse couldn’t leave it at that, quoting a post from the Betfair Forum suggesting that if Quinn had lost the race he would have had a month ban, Chaparse commenting along the lines of, "……….if anyone considers that was a bad ride by Quinny, then they know absolutely nothing about racing…". Typically understated stuff.
Colin
Didn’t think there was anything outstanding about the ride, failed to get it settled and should have been more vigorous at the end, could have been beaten on the nod but he did win. The Betfair poster had a fair point as he would surely have been banned if he had lost on the nod.
Thought it was a strange decision to put blinkers first time on the beast (helping it not to settle) when it had such a clear cut chance on the book.I think the horse is a complete rogue. Yes his form allowed him start a 7/2-on shot yesterday but his attitude certainly didn’t. Numrous times the horse has come there cruising and found nothing at all. I imagine Quinn’s instructions were not to get to the front too soon as he’ll pull himslef up. I wouldn’t give the jockey any praise, he weas riding a horse about two and a half stone superior to anything else in the race, but equally I don;t think he was showboating, he’s hardly renownded for it is he.
I thought ATR went a bit overboard but it was a good ride on a very difficult horse imo.
I particularly like Matt Williams’ verdict on the ride, ‘the world hasn’t seen a bigger show of testicles since Ron Jeremy made his on-screen debut back in 1978’
I’d better not post a link, but if you google search Ron Jeremy you’ll find out Colin. Word of warning though, do it neither on a public computer, or in the presence of minors!!
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