How are they going to load 255 horses in the stalls
Interesting criticism of Hugh Bowman, Australian racing and Craig Williams overnight by the UK journalists.
Hugh Bowman assessed as good, but not strong enough.
Craig Williams criticised as poor based on his loss on Miss Finland in Sydney.
Damien Oliver touted as Australia's best (I disagree).
Australian racing criticised (we whip our horses up to twenty times in the home straight)....apparently.
Shows a distinct lack of understanding of the big picture.
When you're three lengths clear over a 2 mile flat race, you're hardly going to hit your horse as often as a 1200m dash, when they're neck and neck.
I defy them to prove that any jockey hits his horse twenty times in the straight over any distance!
Every second wield of the persuader does not make contact.
In the UK every wield hits it's mark.
Oh...and apparently we hit them on the neck, not the shoulder!!!!
This comes from a UK journo who visited more than eight race meetings in Australia. Perhaps they should send someone else who can see.
Anywhooo, for the Cup ...Maybe Better