Wednesdays Cheltenham thread

[KautoStar1]

SDG won on good ground last year so GM is talking out of his a*se I'm afraid.

 

[LittleRooketRider]

In his post race chat with Lydia on RUK he was quite critical of the ground, basically saying that they havent got it right for the best race meeting of the year. Ive never thought of GM as being a bad sport so he must be really unhappy about something. Re the photographer incident, didnt something similar happen last year/year before? Maybe they should start restricting where these guys are positioned. Im surprised given how 'elf & safety everyone is these days that they are allowed to be so close, those barriers are designed to break if a horse touches them after all so dont offer any protection if you are stood right next to them

Yes..was it kauto Stone at Aintree??

 

[armchair_rider]

Yes..was it kauto Stone at Aintree??

There was an incident at Cheltenham last year where Darryl Jacob's horse spooked, went through the rails, and dumped him on a patch of concrete populated by several photographers.

 

[teapot]

There was an incident at Cheltenham last year where Darryl Jacob's horse spooked, went through the rails, and dumped him on a patch of concrete populated by several photographers.

I believe it was a cameraman as the footage kept going!

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

There was an incident at Cheltenham last year where Darryl Jacob's horse spooked, went through the rails, and dumped him on a patch of concrete populated by several photographers.

Yes but that was more a freak incident, this was right near a fence.

 

[Dobiegirl]

Telegraph reporting via PA Sport that Garry Moore has been critical of the ground given Sire Du Grugy's run

He wasnt allowed to wear his special plastic shoes either, tbf to the ground staff rain was forecast for today and they know if they have the ground too fast they lose more horses.

 

[LittleRooketRider]

He wasnt allowed to wear his special plastic shoes either, tbf to the ground staff rain was forecast for today and they know if they have the ground too fast they lose more horses.

special plastic shoes??

 

[Dobiegirl]

special plastic shoes??

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/horse-racing/sire-de-grugy-wear-new-8763349



The horse who went through the rail at Cheltenham with DG up was Port Melon I believe.

 

[starr_g]

Wishfull Thinking jumped the wings several years ago in the Champion Chase and took a photographer out as well so it is not that rare!

 

[Tobiano]

Being very dozy catching up with this after more than a week (don't watch racing as cannot bear to see the fallers!) but am rather chuffed that my former boss won with Dodging Bullets (the owner). Adrian is such a racing enthusiast and has had horses in training for many years, with this his biggest win so far. A really nice man too.