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I've been really saddened by the incident with Davy Russell and King's Dolly, and especially so by his response where he seems to suggest that hitting a horse on the neck/back of the head is normal. I'd always rather liked him as a jockey, but I'm afraid I've lost all respect for him now - I'm no soft-touch when it comes to horses, but hitting a horse in the head is too far, no matter how unruly it was being.
 
I haven't actually seen it, what did he do? Punch it on the face? I must go and see if I can find footage but am hopeless at searching.
 
Just horrible. Unfortunately it probably is the norm for a jockey to do this 😡 Didn't look like horse was acting up either
 
Thank you Fidgety. Was not exactly the worst thing I ever saw, but pointless, stupid and unecessary. I suppose he was cross as she went to jump the hurdle (by the look of things).
I always liked him. Stupid man.
 
I've always liked him. He went hugely up in my estimation the year (whenever it was) that the National was run in exceptionally warm weather and he had a fall quite early on, and was seen at the finish busily pouring buckets of water over the finishers.

But this is silly, unprofessional and very regrettable
 
Its incredibly hard to see whats actually happened there. Im glad its being investigated but i won't be calling for him to be castrated or anything just yet.
 
One can only wonder what was the intention of his action and what he hope to achieve because it was pointless, this was temper something he has had trouble controlling before. I happen to think it didnt actually hurt the horse because it didnt react but will have upset the majority of the viewing public, the stewards have to act if only to silence the critics like animal aid who hate horse racing.
 
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