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Originally Posted by Bhagwan
$1.40 Horse fell over ...Not fair.
As I sometimes say ... "Fair aint got nothin to do with it."
Yes , I guess no one said that those things win 100% of the time .
Thats whats ya gets when ya takes the shorts.
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Bhagwan,
It's not about the horse getting beaten, it's about the way it got beaten and why it got beaten.
That's why I watched the replay, if the horse got beaten on it's merits, then that's just another statisic where punters got it wrong.
But the horse was up in the air when the gates flew back.
O.K. it happens, but subsequent actions made it entirely suspect.
To lose by a length after going up in the air, being taken 6 wide on a turn for no good reason, and travelling further than any other horse in the race, rings bells, sends red lights flashing, and an electric shock to boot.
Why would any jockey make his move so that he was travelling the widest on the camber of a turn leaving plenty of gap between himself and the next horse inside after blowing the start?
There was plenty of inside room to weave through the field.
The winner was on the rail behind the leader.
Maybe it was just a poor ride, but Berry gets mentioned too often in Stewards reports and loses too many when on a Waterhouse hot pot
midweek.
I'm sure if he were not up to it, he would be replaced, but instead we have farcical rides like this.
That is clearly not the case, as he has ridden perfectly when there is big prizemoney and higher pressure.