To be honest if you backed Bondi Beach you'd be feeling robbed. Like others said though that's one tough horse in Storm the Stars
A lot is made of the differing rules around the globe but If Sea the Stars keeps the race we may as well not have rules in the UK. He takes the other horse across 3/4 of the track, gives him a really solid bump that takes the other horses back end away and wins half a length. I backed nothing in the race but continue to be frustrated that in the UK a jockey needs to pull out a gun and shoot the other horse to lose a race.
Away from York the conditions at Ffos Las look atrocious. Horses struggling in the last race there over 6f. This upcoming race is over a mile and half and just going to have a small speculative bet on the bottom weight and complete outsider.
Thanks, Ekbalco, already do, which streams RUK too, of course. I'm really unimpressed with RUK, and am glad i've never paid them a penny. Very poor although actual commentaries are OK. Erm, lately I've found I have a reduced picture with some writing over it about getting rid of the Ad Blocker. When I do this, I get all sorts of rubbish, e.g. invitations to download some strange flash recorder, etc. Could you advise me on this? Many thanks. Should add that at the moment am watching York on Channel 4 via Filmon. On the last race at York, the head-on would suggest this is damn close. Winner might keep it, but this is a dodgy one IMHO? Well, he did keep the race, but had the finishing distance been a liitle tighter it might have been different? Tough to get disqualified in the UK!
Cosgrave's face was a picture. Joseph could end up having his head flushed down the loo before the day is out...
Was proper hilarious stuff Stewarding in the UK though, was never going to throw out the Haggas runner. Sure mind the Sky Latern shambles, as was said earlier in the UK you can get away with anything. Lucky boy Haggas!
Whilst I hope the Jockey who made a meal of getting the Beckett horse thrown out at the weekend gets an earful of abuse when he arrives at York later in the week I do feel the UK rules are every bit as bad in the opposite direction. Abroad they say any interference you are placed behind and this is wrong, but it's every bit as wrong to say that unless it's a nose or short head you can do what you like. The Irish horse had his chance taken by the other and it's easy to be going away from a horse you have just bumped off balance and taken across 3/4 of the track. I would have liked to see Joseph argue harder along those lines. He should have said to Pat you are quite right you were going away at the line but only after the interference. You are using the benefit gained by the interference as reasoning for keeping the race which must surely be omitted, if you had bumped me again harder you may have won a whole length and presumably you believe that would also have strengthened your case further, it's nonsensical. I was making my run and gained throughout until I begin to be interfered with, once the bump occurred all chance was gone as my horse lost his balance and momentum, the reason the distance was half a length was due to the interference not reason to overlook interference.
I actually think our stewards in these situations is one of the few things we have right over the rest of the racing world, the situation in America at the weekend was a complete farse. It was clear the right horse won that race, fine the jockey if need be, but dont change the result against common sense.
I do actually agree - racing accident and all that. Still haven't forgiven Frankie for whipping Rewilding a million times in the last furlong which took so you thing's chances away but I never had a bet today
What a gutsy Filly........... no excuses for Golden Hawn as he came to win confirmed form with the Grey Gatsby but just got beat by a better horse on the day.
