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Yes saw the bottom but the other was a front view because he undid his towel, adjusted it and wrapped back up again! It was a very quick flash but I definitely saw what I saw lol. The camera man moved the camera to the right pretty sharpish :)

I have to admit I'm always watching what's going on in the background when they go into the jockey's changing rooms...
 
Tonight, at 23:00 ish, there's a programme devoted to Arkle and his statues.

The commentary is given by the peerless Alistair Down.

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I felt that today was Cheltenham at its best, it's a day when most would struggle for superlatives. It was rounded off by watching one of the greatest, Big Bucks, take a lap of honour, to the applause and the tears of many. And so I understand, he's to be gifted to his "lad".

Where are Jump Racing's Critics now, I ask?

Alec.
 
Looking forward to the Arkle documentary.First saw him aged 11 on the TV. Was totally smitten by him.Such an intelligent horse.Remember him going down the rail, ears pricked, watching his adoring public.Will always be the greatest to me. But was lovely to see Big Bucks on his lap of honour.So well deserved.You could feel the affection through the TV.Wonderful horse, and I'm so glad he has finished in one piece, and lovely he is going to Rose.Wish him a long and happy retirement.This sport has its dark moments, but times like this are wonderful :)
 
PolarSkye said:
I am afraid this qualified as a "semi-flounce" and (to paraphrase one of my favourite lines in a movie - from A League of Their Own) "there's no flouncing in racing . . . "

Seriously, though, amandap, I (and others here) get that you care deeply about the demise of these horses . . . and that you feel that, somehow (as evidenced in RW's comments) their connections don't value them as highly as their human counterparts. And, do you know what, you are probably right . . . and RW made that agonizingly clear when he drew the parallel between the death of a (loved) racehorse and a fellow colleague.

I love my horse. I love the bones of him. Ditto my dogs. I love watching racing. I love horses in general. Hell, I'd say I love animals in general. Cruelty to animals appals me. But, even though I don't always like being around them, I'd have to say I "value" human beings more. And I certainly love my children and my husband more than my dogs and my horse. Come the day I have to have either of my dogs or my beloved silver boy PTS, my heart will break. I will cry. I will wail. I won't sleep. I won't eat. For a while. It will hurt. A lot. But it still wouldn't hurt nearly as much as losing a member of my family or one of my close friends.

That's the only point RW was making. And in making it, he didn't once - not in one single second - intimate that he didn't care, deeply, about the horses he rides.

If you don't like the realities that come with watching racing, then don't watch it. It will still go on without you. As will all horse/animal sports.

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An excellent post. POTY!!
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Going back to Big Buck's, I was there yesterday and if the goodwill of everyone there could have got him in front first, it would have. Everyone around me was shouting for him. "Come on Sam", "Come on Bucks" was being yelled by everyone. It was wonderful, and such a round of applause when his retirement was announced.
 
You can be sure that Davy Russell is pleased - being sacked as No.1 jock for Gigginstown earlier in the season and then winning the Triumph for them for their first wins of the week.
 
PolarSkye said:
Because of his controversial comments following the death of Our Conor . . . not that I think gloating would appropriate or kind.

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It just shows that the people who would 'gloat' over an injury to a person actually aren't people you would want to be associated with or their remarks taken seriously. Horrible attitude to have.

Great ride by Davy, Poetic justice eh, lol!
 
All the animal activists will be. No gloating is not pleasant or appropriate but you just know they will all be harping on about Karma etc.

He will be back soon enough when he has healed. Didn't like the look of the blood on his breeches!
 
Ruby is out ... Pete is down there already having picked up a spare ride to a drunk jockey - I somehow doubt he will pick up Ruby's rides but no harm in hoping!
 
It also demonstrates only too well the ups, downs and vagaries of horse racing If anything, I think it brings Rubys comments this week sharply into perspective. There have been several high profile and quite serious injuries to the jocks over the last couple of weeks. I completely get that they choose to put their lives on the line each and every time they hop on board, but that is exactly what they do. I love riding, I love racing but I wouldnt do both at once! I repeat my comments earlier on this thread, the loss of a horse is upsetting and impacts on many, the loss or serious injury to a person is lifechanging to many more.
 
Daryl is a lovely chap. He rode my mare when she was being shown off as a possible pointer (at Rooster Boosters yard).He was such a gentleman and insisted that he lead Hope back from the gallops\jumps even though I wanted to as I was desperately proud of her for keeping up with in training horses. That was about 8-10 years ago and I've followed him ever since.
 
I know Rishi Persaud said he wanted to ride another race but he could give it a rest with the voodoo dolls.

Hope all the injured jockeys make a full recovery. Ruby's fall was horrible - you could see the blood on his breeches as he walked to the ambulance so it was obviously a compound fracture - and Bryan Cooper, who fell earlier in the week, has had his break described as "the worst lower limb fracture I've ever seen" by the Irish Turf Club's medical officer.
 
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