Cheltenham - Friday

EKW said:
My horse is an absolute LEGEND!!!!! Sorry! I don't care about Gold Cups or Champion Hurdles! Not now anyway! The wee dude who terrorized Mullins's string on the gallop yesterday has just come 3rd!
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Woohoo!! Well done!!!
Something positive after Cue Card. I'm feeling utterly flat.
 
Pleased to see that Paul Nicholls has won the last 2 races, hopefully that will help him stay ahead of Mullins for the trainers championship
 
teapot said:
Interesting to read that Nina Carberry got a seven day ban for whip use
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Not surprising. They have different whip rules in Ireland. Over there it is more about the placement of the whip than of the number of times it is actually used. A lot of Irish jocks forget that in the heat of a finish.

Quite a few jocks got whip bans this week. You can read it all on the BHA site. It's quite interesting reading all of the stewards enquiries!
 
It was what I was reading - quite an interesting list from why Ruby was waving at the runners to Nina's whip ban and reports from the vets. Could spend hours reading that site!
 
Mariposa said:
Why was Ruby waving out of interest?
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That's what the stewards wanted to know!

'The Stewards held an enquiry into why Ruby Walsh the rider of LONG DOG, which was injured on the first circuit, causing him to be unseated, was standing waving at the riders on the inside of the track as they approached the second last flight of hurdles. The rider explained that he was ensuring that the riders did not inadvertently by-pass the hurdle on the left hand side and stood there as a precaution. The Stewards noted his explanation but were satisfied that the by-passing procedures had been carried out correctly.'
 
I haven't heard for sure but I am positive Longdog is PTS, his legh was flapping.

EKW I just watched your boy, bloody hell what a star! I didn't hear his name hardly at all on the commentary and was just hoping he was safe then whoosh there he was. Brilliant. There may be a wee dram or two in Scotland tonight I think!
 
Clodagh said:
I haven't heard for sure but I am positive Longdog is PTS, his legh was flapping.

EKW I just watched your boy, bloody hell what a star! I didn't hear his name hardly at all on the commentary and was just hoping he was safe then whoosh there he was. Brilliant. There may be a wee dram or two in Scotland tonight I think!
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He loves a scrap so he does!
 
And montdragon collapsed and died as well. So seven gone this year. Glad to see NC got penalised for her whip use, I thought she looked very heavy handed coming in. They should take the race off them imo - that might help them remember what country they are riding in and what the rules are. I only watched it for the VP thing ... Thought she was brilliant but overall the whole experience made me feel pretty sad and sick.
 
Well done conections to the placed horse. Exciting!

Thanks for the pointer to the BHA website. Very interesting stuff. Just how do the racecourse authorities find all those lost shoes?
 
Orangehorse said:
Well done conections to the placed horse. Exciting!

Thanks for the pointer to the BHA website. Very interesting stuff. Just how do the racecourse authorities find all those lost shoes?
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Vets watch every horse walk in off of the course and note down if a shoe is missing. The ground staff will obviously pick them up when they find them but you wouldn't tell who's was who's out there.

Same as nosebleeds. If they have bled on the course it will be noted down as they come in. If they don't show til later on back in their boxes then it is up to the trainer whether they inform the stewards or not.
 
I was at Cheltenham today - fab day out.
Can anyone update how the fallers got on? I believe Longdog was PTS, what about the others, seemed a fair few fell this year, unfortunately.....
 
Evie91 said:
I was at Cheltenham today - fab day out.
Can anyone update how the fallers got on? I believe Longdog was PTS, what about the others, seemed a fair few fell this year, unfortunately.....
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I thought there were fewer fallers than usual, the jumps look a lot easier than they used to.
 
Alec Swan said:
For those who find it that uncomfortable, the answer is simple; Don't watch. No one with any sense of feeling could disregard the accidents or the losses, but without the dreadful lows, so we can't have the heartening highs.

Alec.
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As I said, I normally would not have watched but for the VP publicity. I appreciated her courage and skill, but Longdog's accident was terrible beforehand, and I was sad to hear of another horse dying after. Also the whip abuse was pretty obvious and shocking. I don't watch much racing and I'm certainly not inspired to watch any more ... But I can, thank you, make up my own mind what to look at, and express my opinion afterwards.
 
Sweeties please! Not a bother on the wee man! Happy, clever pony!

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I hope the yard had some money on EKW, at those odds it would be a real winner! What a pretty head. Where does he go next?
 
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