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Saturday 29 March

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    #92
    Soft Falling Rain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭Soft Falling Rain


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    One called. What happened?

    Benbens went off fav. He was driven early on but was making gains on the leader. He would have went past the leader in the closing stages but the winner leaned on him big time.


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    #93
    Gatame
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    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    Benbens went off fav. He was driven early on but was making gains on the leader. He would have went past the leader in the closing stages but the winner leaned on him big time.
    Was it not the loose horse?


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    #94
    carpothepunk
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    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    Benbens went off fav. He was driven early on but was making gains on the leader. He would have went past the leader in the closing stages but the winner leaned on him big time.

    Both jockeys followed the loose horse, jockey error, erring on stupidity from both winner and second. Not a hope it's reversed.


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    #95
    BumperD
    Registered Users Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭BumperD


    Going to have a little ew dabble on maxford lady in the uttox 505. Won her last point and the form of those behind her isn't too bad. Hopefully she is fit and ready after a break of 3 months.


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    #96
    Colonel Sanders
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    Nice ride from Carberry there. Guessing Baily Green went very short in play


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    #97
    carpothepunk
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    Cannot believe they reversed that result.

    Jockey on the favourite is on the wrong track, realised his mistake, cuts in, winner (second) stays straight. Can anyone explain that in any way? Good lord.


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    #98
    rossom
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    Educate obviously disappointing but they definitely rode him the wrong way. Sat 2nd behind a furious pace (track record broken by 2+ seconds) and he's much better coming from on the pace as opposed to sitting on it.

    Probably short of being a Group 1 horse though.


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    #99
    Howjoe1
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    carpothepunk wrote: »
    Both jockeys followed the loose horse, jockey error, erring on stupidity from both winner and second. Not a hope it's reversed.

    :eek:


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    #100
    carpothepunk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭carpothepunk


    If you can watch that and say it should be reversed, you want your head examined. An absolutely ludicrous decision.


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    #101
    Soft Falling Rain
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    carpothepunk wrote: »
    Both jockeys followed the loose horse, jockey error, erring on stupidity from both winner and second. Not a hope it's reversed.

    Not a hope eh? ;)


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    #102
    carpothepunk
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    I'm definitely the only one who thinks it's an insane decision too, yep. Watch it again, then watch the head on. Madness.


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    #103
    Francie Barrett
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    Think its very telling that Chestnut Charlie has been dropped back to hurdle handicaps, on at 10/1, horse has to win at some point.


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    #104
    Johner
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    Un De Sceaux,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZP2Ehjpihg


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    #105
    Johner
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    Barry G loves the french,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrp4A6XmtH0


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    #106
    kiers47
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    How in the name of god did BenBens get that race in the Stewards room today. An absolute joke!


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    #107
    Soft Falling Rain
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    kiers47 wrote: »
    How in the name of god did BenBens get that race in the Stewards room today. An absolute joke!

    Thing was a winner until it got ****ed, that's why.


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    #108
    Johner
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    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    Thing was a winner until it got ****ed, that's why.

    Why should Benbens have got that race? Winner did nothing wrong.


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    #109
    carpothepunk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭carpothepunk


    Thank god someone else sees sense. The chap got a 4 day ban for not correcting his horse. He was entitled to the ground. One of the worst stewarding decisions I have ever seen.


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    #110
    Colonel Sanders
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    THERE was a controversial demotion at Stratford on Saturday which could spark an appeal to the BHA by trainer Warren Greatrex after his clear cut winner Dolatulo was disqualified following a stewards' inquiry.

    Read the full story at: http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/warren-greatrex-greatrex-furious-as-stewards-reverse-stratford-result/1629195/


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    #111
    Mostly Harmless
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    Cannot believe Benbens got the race either.

    If you watch the head on replay, the cause of the issue seems to be the loose horse ahead of the field taking the dolled off water jump rather than go up the run in and the leaders following it slightly off course as a result. From that point on Dolatulo takes the most direct route up the run in and the rider is under no obligation to let Benbens through a gap that is not there.

    I fail to see the logic of the decision.


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    #112
    kiers47
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    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    Thing was a winner until it got ****ed, that's why.

    The jockey on the first did not break any rules.
    Sam TD ****ed up big time(and I would be a big fan of his).
    He would have won the race but why throw out a winner just because a jockey had a mare this isn't how the rules should be applied.


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    #113
    mailburner
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    not sure i've seen worse than that

    I don't know how greatrex is gonna sleep tonite after
    being raped there

    they have to get that after an appeal surely


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    #114
    Gatame
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    Was anybody else watching the betting on betfair while the stewards were out?


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    #115
    BumperD
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    mailburner wrote: »
    not sure i've seen worse than that

    I don't know how greatrex is gonna sleep tonite after
    being raped there

    they have to get that after an appeal surely

    Just watched it. Std made the error. He went for a non existant gap. Feel very sorry for connections of the winner, spoiled their day un-necessarily. Poor decision which will be corrected on appeal.


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    #116
    brandon_flowers
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    Scandalous decision. Even without the head on replay it is blatantly obvious STD was riding with his head down from the back of he last. He looks up once and that was a good 50 yards or more before he ran out of room.


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    #117
    carpothepunk
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    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    Thing was a winner until it got ****ed, that's why.

    Justice done today. Still the worst stewarding decision I've ever seen.


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    #118
    UrbanSea
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    Certainly up there with Dar Re Mi being thrown out of the Vermeille.


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    #119
    Soft Falling Rain
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    carpothepunk wrote: »
    Justice done today. Still the worst stewarding decision I've ever seen.

    Given how much I was in the minority in the opinion I had I can accept that I called the race incorrectly.

    I benefitted anyway from the initial reverse so I'm not too bothered either way.


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