New Posts For Thread: What an absolute Farce!!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farceDeary meI'd love to see some of you lot with the job of the flag man! It's very easy to say he should stand in the middle of the course for longer but the head on clearly shows he moved about 2-3 secs before they got to him and he then went behind the railshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517551511#517551511I'd love to see some of you lot with the job of the flag man! It's very easy to say he should stand in the middle of the course for longer but the head on clearly shows he moved about 2-3 secs before they got to him and he then went behind the railsThu, 15 Mar 2012 03:59:59 -0500Finian's Rainbow would have won regardless or not they jumped the fence. To be honest SE is quite old for a 2M championship chaser and only Moscow Flyer has won in the last ten years above the age of 9. It would have been outspeeded anyway.In the lashttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517551069#517551069Finian's Rainbow would have won regardless or not they jumped the fence. To be honest SE is quite old for a 2M championship chaser and only Moscow Flyer has won in the last ten years above the age of 9. It would have been outspeeded anyway.In the lasThu, 15 Mar 2012 03:17:32 -0500Finian's Rainbow would have won regardless or not they jumped the fence. To be honest SE is quite old for a 2M championship chaser and only Moscow Flyer has won in the last ten years above the age of 9. It would have been outspeeded anyway.In the lashttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517551067#517551067Finian's Rainbow would have won regardless or not they jumped the fence. To be honest SE is quite old for a 2M championship chaser and only Moscow Flyer has won in the last ten years above the age of 9. It would have been outspeeded anyway.In the lasThu, 15 Mar 2012 03:17:29 -0500having been reading the comments made by the forums punters on here this morning i think the majority have come to the conclusion without being biased that the race should have either been void due to the horses not jumping the last fence therefore thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517550983#517550983having been reading the comments made by the forums punters on here this morning i think the majority have come to the conclusion without being biased that the race should have either been void due to the horses not jumping the last fence therefore tThu, 15 Mar 2012 03:04:12 -0500........ so that's how the British lost an empire !https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517542007#517542007........ so that's how the British lost an empire !Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:16:30 -0500Over 9 hours later and some smart R's has found the ideal solution. Remove the hurdle. What a shame that wasn't thougtht of in the 1 min they had to act.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517541641#517541641Over 9 hours later and some smart R's has found the ideal solution. Remove the hurdle. What a shame that wasn't thougtht of in the 1 min they had to act.Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:05:07 -0500Over 9 hours later and some smart R's has found the ideal solution. Remove the hurdle. What a shame that wasn't thougtht of in the 1 min they had to act.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517541635#517541635Over 9 hours later and some smart R's has found the ideal solution. Remove the hurdle. What a shame that wasn't thougtht of in the 1 min they had to act.Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:04:58 -0500I believe that the way in which the fence was dolled off indicates that the officials intention was to allow the final fence to be jumped. However they all bypassed it and the race should therefore be declared void. The officials probably feel that thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517540397#517540397I believe that the way in which the fence was dolled off indicates that the officials intention was to allow the final fence to be jumped. However they all bypassed it and the race should therefore be declared void. The officials probably feel that tWed, 14 Mar 2012 18:26:46 -0500Why did Nick Luck not ask Speers why the bloody flagman was hiding BEHIND the rail instead of directly in front of the fence where the jockeys might actually be able to see him?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517540173#517540173Why did Nick Luck not ask Speers why the bloody flagman was hiding BEHIND the rail instead of directly in front of the fence where the jockeys might actually be able to see him?Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:21:31 -0500I was on Sizing, and there today.He was still in the lead after the fence, and got taken over on the run in. Wishful thinking falling lost him the racehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996535/what-an-absolute-farce?post_id=517540093#517540093I was on Sizing, and there today.He was still in the lead after the fence, and got taken over on the run in. Wishful thinking falling lost him the raceWed, 14 Mar 2012 18:19:26 -0500