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Having watched my pennies go down the pan with Zulu Principle’s slipping saddle in the 2.55 at Uttoxeter yesterday, I have a question to ask.
In this case the saddle slipped FORWARDS, which is quite unusual. I realise the general shape of a fit racehorse, ie:- deep chest,no belly and high withers, lends itself to the risk of a saddle slipping backwards, hence the number of jumpers wearing breastplates.
So who, or what, is at fault if it slips forwards?
There are 2 girths, presumably very carefully tightened at saddling up time, plus more checks at the start. How does that all go wrong? Seems a bit strange to me, or am I being a bit sceptical?
It can be left loose beforehand if the money’s not on-this isn’t me being skeptical,this is something i know to be 100 percent true,not for 1 second saying thats what happened in this case as Shark comes across as an honest trainer to me(think the horse your referring to is 1 of his)!
But i can recall getting word for a horse from a different trainer a year or 2 back and was told to back it and take a price-it was 10/1,i could only get 100 on in my local bookies but was looking to get 500 on(thankfully i didn’t),my phone rang again-don’t back it,lay as much as you can it’s getting pulled we cant get enough on-after the 1st hurdle the horse was pulled up due to a slipped saddle
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5 or 6 weeks later i get a phonecall saying the horse was down as a reserve but was going to get in as they got chatting to another trainer to pull his out so be around the bookies 15 minutes before the off-prices came up-7/2 first show and all swallowed up in less than 5 minutes and proceeded to win comfortably at 6/4 or 7/4,the horse hasn’t won a single race before or since!
And somme people say there’s no corruption in racing!
Oh dear Fran, that’s a nasty tale, and does make you wonder.
I’m not daft, I know some horses are "blowers", but presumably this would be well-known by the person tacking up, and anyway should have been picked up before the off. A funny situation, though not funny for the jockey who was trying to ride on a saddle which was heading for the horse’s ears!!
Is superglue a feasible answer? Or really strong magnets? If the jockeys had magnets as well, it might drastically reduce the number of unseats….
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