Race 5 at Ballarat tonight
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...ic#BAC02021807
Surely this has to be investigated
IMO Emmett Brosnan was driving with one thing in mind - to stitch up the $1.10 fav
First he poured on the pressure to try and take the lead from the fav but the more telling was when stuck in the death after doing all that early work, when Grant Campbell made that brilliant move to take the lead, EB sooled his horse up again (instead of looking for a rest on the fence - which opened up) to make sure the fav was stuck behind the leader/pocketed on the 'no sprint lane' Ballarat track
EB's horse was beaten 85m
It was first up for 5mths and the only non winner in this field of 3yo's
The big question is: Why was he doing it?
I see he received a QDT for his drive in the next race - probably for not taking the chance to get off the fence when the death horse hung back
but IMO the stewards have got the wrong race as far as the obvious goes
