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The market seems a good guide to the Koos Racing Club horses. I find that when they drift you can safely lay them win and place. In fact may I go so far to say that it’s something Ben Bernanke would approve of.
Maybe the people who don’t support Lydia prefer Clare Balding’s touchy feely interview with Kieron when he said he’d never stopped a horse in his life
PS. Kieron had a nice kitchen
Maybe Racing For Change will have a word with AP and ask him to support RUK, that’s if they are not to busy trying to make him Sports personality.
AP obviously dosen’t want to discuss the ride. Fair play to Lydia for going where the majority of the pressroom cowards would never go. In the longterm the sport will whither away if rides like that of AP are not questioned. But then he owns half of Lamborn so maybe he sees nothing wrong with the game!
It’s common knowledge that jockeys boycotted Lydia when she was doing the Ian Bartlett job of reviewing races on the BBC. Hence she ended up resigning possibly with a blindfold on and tip toeing the plank at the time!
She ran into AP on the Morning Line and lo and behold she aint on that anymore either! Now AP is reported to be boycotting RUK when Lydia is working. So if history is any guide Lydia won’t be on RUK for much longer if the channel producers want AP’s co-operation.
Basically AP dosen’t like Lydia questioning the validity of his rides. Get Me Out Of Here at Ascot was the lastest occasion.
Trainers more often than not get their own way eventually. If I was Brennan I wouldn’t be getting a mortgage on my retainer earnings anytime soon. Will be interesting to see what happens but by the time Sam rides out his claim Brennan may well be toast at Twisters.
Surely his friend wasn’t allowed to launder his bets via a high street bookie? they would have called the police moment he was £5K down!
Bloody good thing that Lingfield is not on RUK. AP has just saved bookmakers fortunes by coming fourth and not looking that bothered that he did!
NTD must be itching to get his son on Imperial Commander.
Does Brennan have a paid retainer?
I think your missing the point Mr Wilson. McCoy don’t do debate that’s the issue. That’s one thing and his perogative but then the jockeys gang up on Hislop for another boycott. McCoy’s stance seems cowardly which is not what you’d expect from him at all. A lion in the saddle and a bit of a snake out of it IMO.
I don’t get that Barry.
There’s a very bad taste about these jockeys attacking this woman. The flat boys boycotted her on the BBC and AP has been on her case for ages. What has she done except given an opinion. Whatever happened to free speech? Could you imagine AP trying it on with Nick Luck whose father is a member of the Jockey Club and a Senior Steward. No chance whatsoever. AP picks his fights better than David Haye.
I think it’s only fair to point out that McCoy was obviously riding to orders as I haven’t heard that Jonjo has complained to the stewards about the ride. Maybe Ap dosen’t want to defend someone else’s decision about tactics.
It’s one thing to refuse an interview it’s quite another to victimise the journalist. If RUK sacked Lydia tomorrow then presumably AP would be back on to talk about what he wants to talk about. There’s a touch of the Tiger Woods about AP’s demeanour in all this and we all know what happened to him.
Peter Thomas for Racing Journalist of the Year. Amazing stuff.
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Let’s get it on and get Lydia crowned as hack of the Year for having the courage to forsake the gravy train and stand up for the punting public. It only takes a few minutes to zap an email off to em.
