16th December 2005, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Neil
It's very easy to put in a "bad ride." Look at the speed horses are travelling. Look how close to each other the jockeys ride. Just make a decision a fraction of a second too late and that can be the difference between winning and running a close second. Think about how many of those horses which finish strongly for a close second would have won if the jockey had got going on them a second or half a second earlier.
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Classic bad ride was Troy Turner's on Free At Last the fav in last week's Fruit 'n' Veg Stakes at Ascot. Told how the connections wanted the horse ridden, Turner did everything but, then making the fatal mistake of going back towards the rails at the turn when he could have easily taken the horse to the outside,
Free At Last did not see daylight until the last 125m-150m but by then it was all over red rover but the horse still flashed home for 4th beaten by about 1.5lens when it should have won by about 3lens. |