Looks more like they slipped rather than dropped.
Surely if something as serious as dropping a rein happened, it would of been mentioned in the stewards report???
Looks more like they slipped rather than dropped.
My track driving days are long gone but on the surface I think the stewards were correct it just looked a totally incompetent drive either through inability to control the horse or set the cart up, at no stage did he lean back and try and restrain, he either just sat up and went to the pegs, shudder to think if we were still in the hub rail days.
I felt sorry for him. No one sets out to do that. Imagine your first 2 drives in races, and that happening. All I can say is that he must have been pretty nervous.
It reminded me of an old movie with Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou when I saw the first race and I was pretty hard on the guy, I apologise for that Mr Burns and I hope things pan out for you.
PS: Any of you younger guys that have never seen the movie, Flick it up on You Tube and check out Jane Fonda in her prime, Well worth a look.
Last edited by Richard prior; 08-01-2014 at 06:51 AM.