New Posts For Thread: Stewards Fakenhamhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenhamwinner sweerved in front of 2nd run in.Whip hand is irrelevant these days. Or at least it's not a consideration in the rules. According to the rules. I don't know if it was once specified as a considerationhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565157787#565157787Whip hand is irrelevant these days. Or at least it's not a consideration in the rules. According to the rules. I don't know if it was once specified as a considerationFri, 26 Dec 2025 06:36:33 -0600but if jock had just happened to have his been holding whip in his other hand at the time, that gets chuckedno, it just means he's likely getting days off for his poor riding and it doesn't change the question of would the 2nd have got uphttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565154187#565154187but if jock had just happened to have his been holding whip in his other hand at the time, that gets chuckedno, it just means he's likely getting days off for his poor riding and it doesn't change the question of would the 2nd have got upMon, 22 Dec 2025 05:21:22 -0600In this example they applied the rules adequately. It's the rules that are flawed, they place too much emphasis on the winning distance. The winning distance is very often affected by the interference. Pretty perverse really!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565154179#565154179In this example they applied the rules adequately. It's the rules that are flawed, they place too much emphasis on the winning distance. The winning distance is very often affected by the interference. Pretty perverse really!Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:12:59 -0600Centralised Stewarding would solve it in an instant. Regretably,there is more chance of the Labour Party winning the next General Election than this happening.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565154175#565154175Centralised Stewarding would solve it in an instant. Regretably,there is more chance of the Labour Party winning the next General Election than this happening.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:10:00 -0600the horse swerving had nothing to do with the jock everyone agrees but if jock had just happened to have his been holding whip in his other hand at the time, that gets chucked, don't think the 2nd would ever have gone past even if they,d done anotherhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565154165#565154165the horse swerving had nothing to do with the jock everyone agrees but if jock had just happened to have his been holding whip in his other hand at the time, that gets chucked, don't think the 2nd would ever have gone past even if they,d done anotherMon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:33 -0600Always being held yet was running on close enough to clip heels before being WIPED out, I never had a bet on the race but It looked like holding a fair chance at the time.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565153925#565153925Always being held yet was running on close enough to clip heels before being WIPED out, I never had a bet on the race but It looked like holding a fair chance at the time.Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:23:01 -0600A bit like in cricket, where a computer shows where the ball would have gone and whether or not it would have hit the stumps in lbw decisions, so racing could have a computer that looks at the speed and acceleration/deceleration of the horses and prehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565153923#565153923A bit like in cricket, where a computer shows where the ball would have gone and whether or not it would have hit the stumps in lbw decisions, so racing could have a computer that looks at the speed and acceleration/deceleration of the horses and preSun, 21 Dec 2025 16:22:10 -0600Yes I agree with that. There is a flaw in the rules really that the fptp is given the advantage unless the winning distance is tiny. But as in today's example, the interference can be so bad and so late that there's no plausible way that the suffererhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565153905#565153905Yes I agree with that. There is a flaw in the rules really that the fptp is given the advantage unless the winning distance is tiny. But as in today's example, the interference can be so bad and so late that there's no plausible way that the suffererSun, 21 Dec 2025 15:46:00 -0600ANNIE NAIL (IRE) was always being held by GIRL OF GOLD (IRE) to be beaten by 1½ lengths at the line.regardless...that is just total fckn nonsense.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565153895#565153895ANNIE NAIL (IRE) was always being held by GIRL OF GOLD (IRE) to be beaten by 1½ lengths at the line.regardless...that is just total fckn nonsense.Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:39:46 -0600I don't feel it was probably getting up. And that's the threshold under the rules. The interference cost it any chance of getting up. Perhaps that's where the threshold needs to be.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31891463/stewards-fakenham?post_id=565153885#565153885I don't feel it was probably getting up. And that's the threshold under the rules. The interference cost it any chance of getting up. Perhaps that's where the threshold needs to be.Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:29:43 -0600