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“D.E. Mullins stated that he maintained his line wide off the bend and was deliberately pushed off his line by Marian Avenue and had to take violent action to get back on track to jump the second last hurdle. ”
Not often one of the other jocks in the stewards’ room is annoyed enough to tell them that the other boy did it on purpose.
“I see Byrnes the Younger received a 21 day ban from the stewards earlier this week:
It looks like he was penalised under the dangerous riding rule. The stewards report states he “rode in a way which was far below that of a competent and careful rider”. ”
No effort to get his right hand down and straighten the horse at all.
If I was Friar Hogan’s owner I would be raging, horse was going great guns and horse and jockey had absolutely no chance to stay inside the wings . Danny Mullins on the horse promoted to winner was luckier as he had room to jump and had the presence of mind to ride out strongly to the line and let the horse roll on plenty afterwards, before eventually pulling up, to prove the point that he would have won without interference (and probably so as not to have to turn his head to look at Nine Bob Note Byrnes beside him)Tramore
18.30 FrGilligansvoyage
19.00 Karma d’Airy
19.30 Rogue Sea
20.30 Cotswold Blue*napRes
20.00 FabhcunA friend of mine has Ontheropes and says he is lovely, has settled in really quickly and is a gent to handle and ride. He hacks up in the forestry behind their land and is hopping over little cross country jumps and showjumps and very relaxed about it all.
Forgot about the comps today
Curragh
16.50 Zenford*nap
17.25 Tango Flare
17.55 Sakoku“when was the last time he won on a horse that was better that 5-1. ”
The betting public rarely permit his mounts to go off at greater than 5-1. The most recent win at a bigger price I can think of is King Rasko Grey at 11-1 in the Baring Bingham.
Banbridge was 7-1 in the King George he won, probably because he was not Mullins trained.
Al Boum Photo was about 12-1 for his (and Mullins’) first gold cup, but that was because Townend was the second string rider then.
Also, if French jumps racing is so good why aren’t their cast off second rate jockeys coming over here and walking into the best jobs and walloping Sean Bowen et al every day of the week?
“No one can dispute the quality of jumps trainers and riders in the UK and Ireland, but it is not the best. The “best” is where the money is and for jumps racing, that is France; and that won’t change any time soon.”
How come Gold Tweet got whupped 30 lengths in the gold cup then? How come the French don’t cruise over here in March and clean up as a warm up for their meetings? Mullins has probably won more G1s in France than this lot:
Lageneste & Macaire
Chailiie-Chaille
Leenders
Nicolle
Mele
Clayeux
George & Zetterholm
have in GB & Ire put togetherThe money and the best are not always in the same place. Mishriff won the Saudi Cup and had race career earning about 4 times that of Frankel- whoopee doo , his stud fee is €12.5k which is no more than his ability was worth- very good, but not a superstar. He won the Juddemonte well but got spanked on his other 7 attempts in G1 races in the UK and Ire.
2.35 Newb The Lion In Winter,*nap
3.10 Newb Albert Einstein
4.02 Newm Koala RoseRes
1.25 Newb Kalpana
4.07 Nav LumestonePathetic and embarrassing.
Even more pathetic and embarrassing than those “CITY OF TROY 20-1*!!!!!”
*new customers only, max bet £1banner headline type offers which annoy me every time I see them
Three bets, three boats
I shall now throw good money after bad and back all three , all season
