Punchestown - Day 1

kksaints · 24-04-2018 6:48pm

The hell happened there?

Johner · 24-04-2018 6:48pm

Horrific from Townend, should be getting a massive ban for that.

James Bond Junior · 24-04-2018 6:49pm

What the funk?

TheBoyFromAus · 24-04-2018 6:49pm

erm wtf just happened

DDC1990 · 24-04-2018 6:50pm

I've never seen the like of it!

You'd be sick if you were on Al Boum Photo.

gazza1 · 24-04-2018 6:50pm

What was that. Unbelievable

Joe_ Public · 24-04-2018 6:51pm

Must have heard something. There was nothing in his eyeline I don’t think

piplip87 · 24-04-2018 6:55pm

Was on Finians Oscar. Disgraceful if that result stands.

Joe_ Public · 24-04-2018 6:55pm

piplip87 wrote: »

Was on Finians Oscar. Disgraceful if that result stands.

Why would it not stand? What did the winner do wrong? Harsh but that’s racing.

Panrich · 24-04-2018 6:56pm

He looked behind. Did one of the others tell him go around the fence

TheBoyFromAus · 24-04-2018 6:56pm

You can't take away the win, but surely Finians Oscar would be declared a non-runner

The Talking Bread · 24-04-2018 6:57pm

piplip87 wrote: »

Was on Finians Oscar. Disgraceful if that result stands.

??????

Why wouldn't it stand?!

Vinnie222 · 24-04-2018 6:57pm

TheBoyFromAus wrote: »

You can't take away the win, but surely Finians Oscar would be declared a non-runner

Some bookies might refund money but wont be declared a non runner

kiers47 · 24-04-2018 6:57pm

piplip87 wrote: »

Was on Finians Oscar. Disgraceful if that result stands.

Why would the result not stand. Finians Oscar didn't even finish the race.

The Talking Bread · 24-04-2018 6:59pm

TheBoyFromAus wrote: »

You can't take away the win, but surely Finians Oscar would be declared a non-runner

It will be up to the bookies discretion to refund on him and I reckon a few might,

But at the end of the day, it is the exact same as a horse in front of you making a bad mistake on a fence and bringing both of you down

The thoughts that it should be declared a formal NR are silly

FortuneChip · 24-04-2018 7:00pm

Finians Oscar backers must be feeling very hard done by there.

Davy Russell - "It was never in doubt, I was always going to win"

Really growing to like that lad.

The Talking Bread · 24-04-2018 7:05pm

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/988839154854309888

posturingpat · 24-04-2018 7:06pm

Result shouldn't stand? Finians Oscar a NR?:pac:

You boys are some craic.

That's racing, it's tough luck but that's what makes it so exciting.

FortuneChip · 24-04-2018 7:11pm

Paul Townend had nothing to say to Ruby after the Douvan race, can't imagine he's very conversational now.

Joe_ Public · 24-04-2018 7:13pm

FortuneChip wrote: »

Paul Townend had nothing to say to Ruby after the Douvan race, can't imagine he's very conversational now.

Wonder how “I have nothing to say” would work out for him in the stewards room.

kiers47 · 24-04-2018 7:15pm

posturingpat wrote: »

Result shouldn't stand? Finians Oscar a NR?:pac:

You boys are some craic.

That's racing, it's tough luck but that's what makes it so exciting.

Fact.
Jesus Christ. No wonder its so hard to get a ****ing bet on. Lads just expect freebies if there is a bit of commotion in a race. Was strange but you pay your money and take your chances.
This justice refund craic drives me ****ing mad.

superfurry1 · 24-04-2018 7:24pm

Harrington thought she was home and hosed there fell asleep

Panrich · 24-04-2018 7:25pm

21 days for Townsend

posturingpat · 24-04-2018 7:35pm

superfurry1 wrote: »

Harrington thought she was home and hosed there fell asleep

Just weak as a kitten, don't think she stopped riding.

Conas · 24-04-2018 7:44pm

I'd say he thought they were to bypass the last fence as there was a red flag on the wing of it. Having said that there was also a red flag on the wing of the second last too.

STB. · 24-04-2018 8:08pm

kksaints wrote: »

The hell happened there?

I'll tell you what happened.

Theres a cameraman standing outside the wings of the last fence on the track. The horse got spooked at the same time as Townend was checking to see if anyone was coming up the inside of him and the horse jinked accross the course as far as away as possible from the cameramans lens.

RivetingRoger · 24-04-2018 8:11pm

Panrich wrote: »

21 days for Townsend

Wat did Andy do now......

Conas · 24-04-2018 8:13pm

STB. wrote: »

I'll tell you what happened.

Theres a cameraman standing outside the wings of the last fence on the track. The horse got spooked at the same time as Townend was checking to see if anyone was coming up the inside of him and the horse jinked accross the course as far as away as possible from the cameramans lens.

No way. Sure Townend steered the horse across himself. The horse was in no way spooked by anything. The jockey thought the fence was to be bypassed. We'll know soon enough as to why he thought that.

RivetingRoger · 24-04-2018 8:16pm

People slaughtering PT need to f**k off and follow a different sport. I don't know wat happened u don't know what happened but it waa a MISTAKE. Maybe Al Boum woulda won , maybe FO woulda won, maybe neither would. Regardless it was a mistake and a great jockey is made to look a fool. PT will come back and win grade ones again.it was a mistake. End of.

STB. · 24-04-2018 8:24pm

Conas wrote: »

No way. Sure Townend steered the horse across himself. The horse was in no way spooked by anything. The jockey thought the fence was to be bypassed. We'll know soon enough as to why he thought that.

I've looked at the replay. After he looked accross to his right (like he got a shout from one of the other jockeys) he straightened up the horse for a stride. The horse then jinks to the right. There are 2 cameraman on the infield, not one.

There is no way they could have dolled off that fence anyway at that angle without a flagman.

Either that or he thought it was dolled off because the other 2 were so near the rail.

Punchestown - Day 1

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