New Posts For Thread: Francome - "same for both of them"https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-themwhat utter bo//ocks !!A fence to take and instead a sprint where SE was totally inconvenienced.ima_mazed66 • March 14, 2012 7:01 PM GMTThe boards were changed from spaced along the fence to touching side by side only on the inner to act as a visual shield so that the jockeys wouldn't jump the fence and risk going near the jockey receiving trhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517545189#517545189ima_mazed66 • March 14, 2012 7:01 PM GMTThe boards were changed from spaced along the fence to touching side by side only on the inner to act as a visual shield so that the jockeys wouldn't jump the fence and risk going near the jockey receiving trWed, 14 Mar 2012 20:51:00 -0500How can people argue the incident cost SE? FR is a fine jumper too and for my money was gaining ground at the fences. As FR also had question marks over his resolution in a battle a prolonged duel poss worked against him!! And he got barged. FR won ghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517544471#517544471How can people argue the incident cost SE? FR is a fine jumper too and for my money was gaining ground at the fences. As FR also had question marks over his resolution in a battle a prolonged duel poss worked against him!! And he got barged. FR won gWed, 14 Mar 2012 20:30:39 -0500surely the one with inside had a slender advantage ???you dont know who would had jumped the last the best.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517533297#517533297surely the one with inside had a slender advantage ???you dont know who would had jumped the last the best.Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:50:12 -0500Madhatter , i thought exactly the same!!! probably wud have inconvenienced SE far less to jump the fence..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517532875#517532875Madhatter , i thought exactly the same!!! probably wud have inconvenienced SE far less to jump the fence..Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:41:31 -0500is this a wind up the best horse clearly won i just watched it back they were both affected exactly the same so many pocket talkers he was beaten fair and square he had a good furlong furlong and half to see off finians and he couldnt end of BEST HORhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517532325#517532325is this a wind up the best horse clearly won i just watched it back they were both affected exactly the same so many pocket talkers he was beaten fair and square he had a good furlong furlong and half to see off finians and he couldnt end of BEST HORWed, 14 Mar 2012 15:28:11 -0500The boards were changed from spaced along the fence to touching side by side only on the inner to act as a visual shield so that the jockeys wouldn't jump the fence and risk going near the jockey receiving treatment, although that was unlikely anywayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517528669#517528669The boards were changed from spaced along the fence to touching side by side only on the inner to act as a visual shield so that the jockeys wouldn't jump the fence and risk going near the jockey receiving treatment, although that was unlikely anywayWed, 14 Mar 2012 14:01:41 -0500In a perverse way it would have been funny to see Sizing jump it and win Finians go round it and lose......i really wonder what they would have done?If fact, they probably wonder really wonder what they would have done!!!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517528297#517528297In a perverse way it would have been funny to see Sizing jump it and win Finians go round it and lose......i really wonder what they would have done?If fact, they probably wonder really wonder what they would have done!!!Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:52:03 -0500From what I've seen it looked as though the staff did place boards ONLY on the inside half of the fence ( after moving them back from all along the fence). Dunno what that's supposed to indicate to jockeys, but perhaps if they'd both jumped the fenchttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517523521#517523521From what I've seen it looked as though the staff did place boards ONLY on the inside half of the fence ( after moving them back from all along the fence). Dunno what that's supposed to indicate to jockeys, but perhaps if they'd both jumped the fencWed, 14 Mar 2012 11:32:35 -0500surely they could have gently dolled off the inside half of that fence with posts and tape and guided them over the outer half?Small field, second circuit, never an issue of too many horses all trying to jump it in a line.It's not rocket science.Buthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517523191#517523191surely they could have gently dolled off the inside half of that fence with posts and tape and guided them over the outer half?Small field, second circuit, never an issue of too many horses all trying to jump it in a line.It's not rocket science.ButWed, 14 Mar 2012 11:23:12 -0500Nobody can say for sure which horse would have won and although Sizing Europe was on the inner, it was only the difference of one horse width between the two and both horse's were inconvenienced because both jockeys looked at one stage as if the werehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28996583/francome---same-for-both-of-them?post_id=517522679#517522679Nobody can say for sure which horse would have won and although Sizing Europe was on the inner, it was only the difference of one horse width between the two and both horse's were inconvenienced because both jockeys looked at one stage as if the wereWed, 14 Mar 2012 11:12:06 -0500