Norman thanks for taking the time to have a look at that race I'd mentioned and Scott you are right in saying the offender was suspended,. What I was trying to point out to Bonnie who felt agrieved at the treatment her horse was allegedly copping, was nothing in respect of what River Valley Romance had to deal with. I don't want to get on here and be picking apart every little thing I see that I think is a bit rough but in this case I have to (and by the way I have no vested interest whatsoever). RVR pushed for the lead unnsuccessfully, tries to slot in 1/1, but the death horse kicks up (twice), holds RVR out and and he eventually rolls to the lead. Then Franco Bulgari who missed the start badly takes off on mission impossible to put more pressure on RVR, so RVR has to take a sit 'cos the speed is unsustainable. Then as you saw, the leader hangs out on final top turn and RVR goes for the run and gets smashed, and with no head-on vision I don't know if there was room or not. But this I do know - death horse compounds badly, stood down 1 trial, Francos' driver gets 14 days and well beaten along with the other leader Goodbye Fella all cricket pitches behind. Those horses odds were 40/1, 105/1 and 114/1. RVR was $2.20 fav and he gave his drive every possible given what he had to endure. The pictures say it all.Originally Posted by NormanS
Checked out the Maitland race and RVR was the offender this time and Halverson gets 6 weeks. I don't know what was going through his mind but as I pointed out in a previous thread "Times and Margins" the same thing happened out at Parkes twice on 11/1/12. Drivers taking the front legs of horses without sufficient room. As Kevin Newman said ... Cardinal Sin, no excuse, never ever
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