Bart Cockburn got 8 weeks for his drive on Bling it On last night at AP.
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Bart Cockburn got 8 weeks for his drive on Bling it On last night at AP.
Forgot about watching it last night just check results first half in 68.7, fm they wouldn't go that slow in trackwork they both should have got 8 weeks. What an embarrassment for the sport to have 2 horses of that quality race like that, regradless of it being a 2 horse race.
Totally agree Jack, Dixon should have got the same holiday or more as he was driving the leader after all and was responsible for setting the pace.
Dixon gets charged with setting an excessively slow pace & Cockburn gets charged with not giving his horse the best chance to win (basically).
The excessively slow pace rule was put in place to guarantee drivers following that they wouldn't have to bust their horses to try & force the pace.
I think Cockburn should have protested. He's well within his rights & this rule is yet to be tested under protest.( that I know of ).
Cockburn IMO did nothing wrong.
So if u owned bling it on u be happy for him to sit up in a 2 horse race like that with first half on 68.7 get real
Hi Trish, I'm going to retract my earlier comment as I think that Dixon deserved the harsher penalty but there's always a risk of these slow early fractions in these silly 2 horse affairs, No doubt that both horses are very classy.
Hi Jack . Bling It On sat outside Ya Ya's Hot Spot and couldn't run past him . He was beaten . No one knows what would have happened but the slow sectional rule was there to protect him from having to do anything . To answer your question , I would have been happy for him to sit there knowing he's been vulnerable in the death before . He may have been driving to instruction . Harvey might clear that up for us .