New Posts For Thread: Should there be a gap at the last hurdle?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdleI think the winner still would have won but the gap is surely inviting a horse to do what Corbetts did? Why wasn't the wing at an angle with the main running rail?A dramatically different looking last hurdle,they fooked up.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020647#563020647A dramatically different looking last hurdle,they fooked up.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:36:49 -0500I've just another look back at it, the eventual winner still looked to have plenty in the tank jumping the last, but Mark Walsh just seemed to be cajoling Corbetts Cross and hadn't asked for everything, probably conscious to keep his whip allowance fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020103#563020103I've just another look back at it, the eventual winner still looked to have plenty in the tank jumping the last, but Mark Walsh just seemed to be cajoling Corbetts Cross and hadn't asked for everything, probably conscious to keep his whip allowance fFri, 17 Mar 2023 10:24:06 -0500Maybe he could have 'found' up the hill,he would have had the rail,not impossible at all. With softer ground the tendency is to come up that side making what happened more likely,i wonder will they change it for the 5.30?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020077#563020077Maybe he could have 'found' up the hill,he would have had the rail,not impossible at all. With softer ground the tendency is to come up that side making what happened more likely,i wonder will they change it for the 5.30?Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:18:51 -0500Would those 'Experts' have come out with that same Platitude - had ... The Jockey been seriously Injured - or, even worse.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020063#563020063Would those 'Experts' have come out with that same Platitude - had ... The Jockey been seriously Injured - or, even worse.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:16:16 -0500The experts on the telly were saying that the winner probably had his measure anyway, but I don't know about that, these Irish horses when they meet the rising ground and the 'turbo' kicks in, likely would have found plenty imo.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020057#563020057The experts on the telly were saying that the winner probably had his measure anyway, but I don't know about that, these Irish horses when they meet the rising ground and the 'turbo' kicks in, likely would have found plenty imo.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:13:48 -0500Too late now, but yes, an accident waiting to happen.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020039#563020039Too late now, but yes, an accident waiting to happen.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:11:25 -0500This soft of thing keeps happening at the Festival - there was the patch of concrete that Daryl Jacob got dumped on before the Bartlett, and the false rail (ribbon) that the leader jinked into in the Hunter. But this meeting is the ultimate stress tehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020031#563020031This soft of thing keeps happening at the Festival - there was the patch of concrete that Daryl Jacob got dumped on before the Bartlett, and the false rail (ribbon) that the leader jinked into in the Hunter. But this meeting is the ultimate stress teFri, 17 Mar 2023 10:10:15 -0500Yes Onlooker,it looked too straight on the head on,simple to have avoided that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020019#563020019Yes Onlooker,it looked too straight on the head on,simple to have avoided that.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:09:02 -0500Ruby not impressed at all.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020013#563020013Ruby not impressed at all.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:08:04 -0500Thought exactly the same - when I saw that.Surely the Wing of the Hurdle should be ANGLED to meet the Running Rail ... Not leave an inviting/confusing (to a horse) horse-width GAP.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796231/should-there-be-a-gap-at-the-last-hurdle?post_id=563020003#563020003Thought exactly the same - when I saw that.Surely the Wing of the Hurdle should be ANGLED to meet the Running Rail ... Not leave an inviting/confusing (to a horse) horse-width GAP.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:07:18 -0500