7th October 2003, 11:46 AM
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hi bb,
in my last post I may have mislead you.
sometimes the trainer will actually saddle the horse before the horse is paraded, and I think you'll find that say in a Melbourne Cup or similar, a lot of trainers will insist on doing it themselves unless they have a stable foreman.
The nonrunner issue is a tricky one.
If you declare a saddle slipping as a non runner, then what about casting a plate during the run, the jockey losing the irons, in harness racing the horse galloping (or breaking)?
The interesting thing is that you very rarely see a saddle slip on a top jockey or trainer, usually it slips on one with less experience.
The only thing scarier for a jockey than the saddle slipping, is a rein or stirrup breaking. They then have absolutely no control over a rocket propelled beast!
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