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Can you really go back to the enclosure and search for the missing cloth? I have no rulebook at home, but I think once you’ve weighed in there should be no 2nd chance for repeating that.
They make the rules up as they go along, to suit themselves. I cannot ever remember something similar happening in the past. The decision has cost one ITV7 player £400k.
Looks like the rule is you can weigh in light… run around and find something that feels heavy enough and re weigh in
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I heard on a racing podcast about it that at Royal Ascot the jockey doesn’t weight in straight away as normal, they go to the post race presentation beforehand and weight in afterwards, so it may be a case of something being dropped on the way there in all the hullabaloo and hence the missing piece being allowed to be looked for. Although strictly speaking rules are rules, if the above is true, a bit of leniency in this case is no big deal imo.
No it was clear the girth strap was there in the race.
The more I know the less I understand.
Here are the official rules:
13. A Jockey’s weight at weighing in must not be:
13.1 more than 1lb less than their weight at weighing out; or
13.2 2lb or more heavier than their Declared Weight at weighing out.
13A The Stewards shall sanction the Jockey or Trainer, or both of them, when a breach of Rule (G)13.1 or 13.2 has occurred, unless the reason for the breach can be explained to the satisfaction of the Stewards.
So the Bacio case is clearly covered by rule 13A.
Mind you, quite why we have a horse that has never raced in Europe and never raced in a handicap, being allowed into this race is another question. Personally, I think his entry should have been ruled out as not qualified.
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