Reply With QuoteHere is a link to that race http://www.harness.org.au/video/vic/SPB17071102.wmv
Unfortunately it's only the last lap.
I didn't see the race but this don't read to good.
Stewards Report
RACE 8 - NEATLINE HOMES PACE (3RD HEAT) (2190m MS)
Pre-race blood samples were taken from Henry Ducket NZ.
During the middle stages of the race Salvador pulled hard whilst racing outside of the leader.
In the home straight Henry Ducket NZ and Mainland Jet had difficulty in obtaining a clear run.
When asked for an explanation into his driving tactics during the early and middle stages of the race Nathan Jack driver of Tentolife explained that his intention was to lead as the gelding races far better in front as it's record indicates that of it's six career wins, five of those have been achieved when leading after drawing the front line. He further stated that he was surprised that Vijay Lee which was having it's second start for trainer David Kennedy showed gate speed and contested the lead as when previously trained by Mr.Daff it did not show much gate speed nor was it driven aggressively during a race. Mr Jack added that he was of the view that Mr Painting driver of Vijay Lee had given an indication passing the 1900m that he would not contest the lead but then did not restrain and allowed that gelding to stride for nearly 100m which resulted in Tentolife having to do more work than he would have liked to obtain the lead and when Henry Ducket NZ improved three wide near 1600m and then Salvador improved three wide when pulling near 1300m he was unable to slow the pace to compensate for the gelding's early work. Mr Jack added given the exposed form of Salvador and Henry Ducket NZ he did not consider relinquishing the lead to those geldings. Mr Jack also stated that although Tentolife was under pressure approaching the 200m he was disappointed with the performance given the class of the race and the closing sectionals he added that the gelding pulled up well other than having a good blow after the race which may also be attributed to the restricted work given to Tentolife to the lead up to the race due to the weather conditions. Mr Jack did concede that the early work may have also had some effect on the geldings performance.
Whilst accepting Mr. Jack's explanation in part Stewards took no further action against him as they could not be comfortably satisfied that his tactics from the start to the 1900m was the major contributor to it's performance.
The Stewards will conduct a thorough betting analysis of this race.
Here is a link to that race http://www.harness.org.au/video/vic/SPB17071102.wmv
Unfortunately it's only the last lap.
no need to see the video, look at this, tentolife lead time - 40.2...the rest of lead times of the day, 45.2, 43.1, 44.3, 43.6, 44.1
wouldnt trust nafun jack with 5 dollars
second that smithy, no one gets a shorty beaten like he does
I remember years ago when his brother was at to the same tricks and loved a punt.
im sure him and his brother gave up the punt when they got their licences...
Yeah and i can run 100m in under 10 seconds lmao.
jeez smithy i could almost see the sarcasm dripping from that last post
Yet for a bloke who supposedly backs other horses half the time he must be one hell of a driver to have the strike rate he does, give him that yeah?
winning strike rate percentages for victorias top six (vic results only) d.douglas 16.6, c. alford 17.5, g.lang 21, g. sugars 15.7, kerryn 22, n.jack 15.7. i dont think there is any doubt he can drive, but the amount of short priced favourties that get rolled seem to be a lot more than the norm.
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