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dont they have earpieces already
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There is no reason on Gods earth to lay the blame squarely on DCs shoulders. Whole incident was a farce and for him to be tje only one under offical scrutiny is wrong
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the day the jockeys get earpieces will be the end of betting IR.
" OK we've got the money on. now drop back" |
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they should also put a camera on the line,the same as in football.
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So what was the purpose of the man waving the flag positioned on the inside rail?
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I had a nice bet on it but in no way do I blame the jockey. Only people to blame are those with the flags in their hands. What were they doing and were they actually needed in this instant as the stricken horse was effectively on the chase course?
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The whole affair should be investigated. There was a flagman, who is a course official, waving before the hurdle. He was waving the flag from a position behind the rails that indicated the jockeys should ride away from the rails. Had he not done that it is very likely Gaspara would have jumped the hurdle and possibly won. The course official should have been asked why he was waving a flag from his position before the hurdle as part of the stewards inquiry, and before Gaspara was disqualified.
It's totally unfair to blame the jockey for following the instructions of a course official. |
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So did the enquiry find Danny 100% to blame and everyone else blameless then? If so racing still has a big problem.
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in all seriousness the stewards should take responsibility for this farce
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The fact that he has go to London and attend the enquiry says it all.
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Whats the odds on him taking the worng course and not making it to London??
What I find a bit strange is how he said the man waving the flag was shouting go around go around at the start. Yet no other jockeys heard this. Though in todays article it appears someone has shouted not to jump the hurdle, though he says it wasn't another jockey, and he doesn't know who it was. That bit seems a bit odd to me as he's changed his story. Think if he'd have just said look the guy was waving the flag and I wasn't sure so for safety reasons i went around on a course that I could see. Which I think would have been fair enough as there could easily have been another jockey layed flat out at the otherside of the hurdle or something else. |
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Outpost 25 Apr 10:13
in hell 25 Apr 10:04 was his fault . cant see any defence for him myself , why did he ride towards the hazard . because the flagman standing waving his flag in front of the fence was shouting "go around - go around" and nobody else heard this and the rest all jumped the hurdle |
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y did the other jockeys go the correct way, 3rd time in a year come on cook defenders smell the coffee
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Whats the odds on him taking the worng course and not making it to London??
Brilliant post |
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:)
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FFS its very simple. If there is a hazard on one side of the course you position the flagman on that side to alert the jockeys and signal that they should go the other side. What did NA do? they positioned the flagman on the outside therefore the jockeys went inside, which is logical. The track officials are very lucky imo that there wasn´t a stricken horse/jockey lying on the inside of the hurdle where they were guiding the field.
Whoever was responsible for the flagmen should be held accountable not any of the jockeys. |
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I was at the meeting and backed Gaspara. When they were putting the screens up around the stricken horse there was real confusion amongst all of the officials on course. At one stage they dolled off the last hurdle which was passed the incident before realising that this was pointless.
All i can say is it is far easier to blame the jockey than to admit that the reaction to the incident was amateurish if not shambolic. But that would mean the stewards admitting that they and there systems were at fault, which is never going to happen. |
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a flagman was standing by the stricken horse pointing at danny cook not to go that way . danny cook ignored it
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No - it's even simpler than that.
Black and yellow chevron markers (pointing in specified direction) in fence/hurdle is the specific trigger to bypass the fence/hurdle. The chequered flag complements that process but the chequered flag by itself specifically means "possible hazard ahead". |