I am glad I wasn't on Queen of the Hill.. For a top rider, the ride provided by the jockey was nothing short of pathetic.. How do u get locked up like that in a 5 horse field in a straight race is beyond me... A I said I am not talking from my kick.. but I think those who took the shorts would be filthy,a nd rightly so... the best of good things beaten by a dreadful ride

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Agreed it was very nasty...even though the gap finally opened down the closing straight he had already taken Queen down the outside to try and claw back which he almost did...

Callow is a know it all and probly didnt ride to instructions. I see he has been sacked for the ride, very pathetic and im also glad i gave the race a miss.

thats part of racing

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If you accept that as part of racing... a ride like that... U are very easily pacified...

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XPT - it IS a part of racing. NOT accepting that bad rides WILL happen to you is to be naive.

Nah you are missing the point... this bloke is supposed to be one of the best and dished up rubbish like that... a 4kg claiming apprentice makes mistakes like that and you do accept it.. you take the risk by backing a kid.. this bloke is one of the best (allegedly) and you expect far better after you have put on your hard earned.... and the ride was rubbish.. I dont know what you do for a living but If I performed in my job the way that bloke did in his, I would be looking for a new job the next day...

AS I said earlier.. I feel for the poor ************s who backed the horse... ( I DID NOT, so the ride did not affect me) have a look through the archives here and tell me where I have had a dip at a jockey... U will be flat out finding too many examples. The ride was substandard and punters should be protected from rides like that.. ( from allegedly top riders) if they aren't then they have the right to say something was substandard... without being called naive...To say I am naive is not only insulting it is laughable...

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