New Posts For Thread: Nick Morden on international rules regarding interferencehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interferenceNickie doesnt give his views in today's Weekender column, I guess they are well known?Anyway, I think -- surprise -- that the American system is best. Just like in human athletics, you stick to your running line or else, if you interfere w any otherewood -- your hypothetical instance is a contrived reductio imo. Been fan of American racing for many moons, and dont ever recall an example where there was any sort of controversy like there very frequently is in England and less so in Ireland. Youhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557962#430557962ewood -- your hypothetical instance is a contrived reductio imo. Been fan of American racing for many moons, and dont ever recall an example where there was any sort of controversy like there very frequently is in England and less so in Ireland. YouWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:28:39 -0500Yank, your original post was black and white and i have interpretted it accordingly. Horses coming off a racing line and interferring with a rival are disqualified aren't they??https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557958#430557958Yank, your original post was black and white and i have interpretted it accordingly. Horses coming off a racing line and interferring with a rival are disqualified aren't they??Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:25:23 -0500Pedrobob is spot on with saying the present rule favours 1st past the post. It annoys me at the end of a 3 mile chase on heavy ground when the leader stops the run of a rival on the run in and because the horse that is interferred with is unable to rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557954#430557954Pedrobob is spot on with saying the present rule favours 1st past the post. It annoys me at the end of a 3 mile chase on heavy ground when the leader stops the run of a rival on the run in and because the horse that is interferred with is unable to rWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:23:58 -0500stupac -- to have an opinion requires a brain, ergo umpires cannot have opinionsewood -- couldnt follow your train of thought, but clearly you are envisioning a rather odd set of circumstances, which would indicate to me that there is a certain primahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557950#430557950stupac -- to have an opinion requires a brain, ergo umpires cannot have opinionsewood -- couldnt follow your train of thought, but clearly you are envisioning a rather odd set of circumstances, which would indicate to me that there is a certain primaWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:20:11 -0500Yank, horse A races off a straight line and interferes with horse B on the run in. Horse B then switches and gets a head in front near the line but then races off a straight line and interferes with horse A. There is a 20 length gap back to the 3rd bhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557946#430557946Yank, horse A races off a straight line and interferes with horse B on the run in. Horse B then switches and gets a head in front near the line but then races off a straight line and interferes with horse A. There is a 20 length gap back to the 3rd bWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:13:45 -0500rules are too lenient in this country and freatly favour first past the post.The stewards have to be virtually certain that the second horse would have won to change the result.Rule change should be changed so that if the interfered horse had ANY chahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557942#430557942rules are too lenient in this country and freatly favour first past the post.The stewards have to be virtually certain that the second horse would have won to change the result.Rule change should be changed so that if the interfered horse had ANY chaWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:11:35 -0500I appreciate the Law of Precedent applies the same as in UK, I just had the impression that the stewards had to work to a rigid set of guidelines for that reason.Mind you, baseball umpires only use opinion surely?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557938#430557938I appreciate the Law of Precedent applies the same as in UK, I just had the impression that the stewards had to work to a rigid set of guidelines for that reason.Mind you, baseball umpires only use opinion surely?Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:08:41 -0500yank, human races are run on a flat level track and they each run the exact same distance.there is not a level playing field in racing, hence the draw bias.i understand where you are coming from but at the end of the day horses are animals and have ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557934#430557934yank, human races are run on a flat level track and they each run the exact same distance.there is not a level playing field in racing, hence the draw bias.i understand where you are coming from but at the end of the day horses are animals and have aWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:07:27 -0500stupac -- actually, w the exceptio of Louisiana which ishe Napoleanic code, all American legal system is virtually the same as the English. The main differnce I have observed is -- since your dont have a first amendment here -- it is harder to be suehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557930#430557930stupac -- actually, w the exceptio of Louisiana which ishe Napoleanic code, all American legal system is virtually the same as the English. The main differnce I have observed is -- since your dont have a first amendment here -- it is harder to be sueWed, 14 Apr 2010 05:00:41 -0500It's very simple.Just like in athletics you paint lines around the whole course, then you explain to the participants, in this case the horses, what is expected of them. You them ask them if they understand and if they nod their heads then Bob's yourhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23880166/nick-morden-on-international-rules-regarding-interference?post_id=430557926#430557926It's very simple.Just like in athletics you paint lines around the whole course, then you explain to the participants, in this case the horses, what is expected of them. You them ask them if they understand and if they nod their heads then Bob's yourWed, 14 Apr 2010 04:59:22 -0500