Of great concern to me over the years has been the practice of riders, both apprentices and senior, failing to ride their mount out fully to the line.
It may be argued that these riders feel their mount has had enough and they nurse the horse to the line costing many exotic bettors the chance of at least getting a collect which then can be reinvested on the next race.
Correct me if I am wrong but the current rules of racing require the rider to ride their horses to the line.
Sure, I am not suggesting that the hoop punishes a beaten runner with the whip, as, just as it is in other countries, jockeys are being encouraged to spare the horse any undue duress. In fact, you will notice that more riders are adopting the hands and heels method in the run to the line. This is fine but I am talking about a different category of riding altogether.
My point is the rider who may have an apparent winning break only to be run-down or swamped in the last 50 metres by a wall of horses.
Often, the rider will stand high in the irons in an apparently wind-down or slow down mode not giving any consideration to the army of punters out there who may backed his horse for the place or have it running in one of their exotic bets. Certainly, they are not crouched in a hard riding style trying to coax more effort from their mount.
To my chagrin this has been happening far too often recently and I am wondering what may be done to address this problem in racing wagering.
I would encourage feedback and details of similar happenings from fellow forum members.

Cheers