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Old 9th March 2004, 11:36 AM
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On 2004-03-09 11:05, Mark wrote:
Bad ride ???
He won, and was not punished to the line to do so either.
How many lesser jocks would have panicked, or would have taken him to the lead too soon or had him wide early or gone back to the inside where the going was clearly worse?...


I totally agree. Although Beadman probably shouldn't have been where he was, he had no real control of the pace or their positioning due to the speed set early by Physique.

When he was in trouble it seemed to me that Beadman let the horse find his own way out of trouble then he let him go, pushing him without thrashing him home.

Beadman also conceded upon dismounting that it wasn't his best ride but he got the big fella home and also rode a treble on the day.

I think it was one of the best rides (or runs) that I have ever seen and confirmed to this Melbournian what a lot of interstaters have said all along, that the horse is an out-right champion (although I always did like him anyway)

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