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seaside
02 May 10 16:16
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Francombe got everything so wrong he should be given the sack.

Even got the name of the horse wrong after the race.

He was a great jock and is very funny but in regards to doing the job which he is paid for I think he is very poor.
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Report Rossie May 2, 2010 4:17 PM BST
Complacent.
Report ALLWEATHERKING May 2, 2010 4:20 PM BST
top bloke and the ideal man for the job.
Report seaside May 2, 2010 4:20 PM BST
Anybody who understands racing would know that there was a real chance of the result being changed.

To come out with statements like he did was crazy.

It just goes to show how little he understands racing.
Report Orchardist May 2, 2010 4:20 PM BST
I like the guy but he just looked a total clown today - dismissed out of hand a reversal where if he'd bothered to look there was a chance of it being changed
Report leetsfosllab May 2, 2010 4:22 PM BST
Seaside, you really think Francome does not understand racing?
Report seaside May 2, 2010 4:24 PM BST
Orchardist

You must have been looking over my shoulder as I typed

The fact is that there was a very real chance of the result being changed.

People in racing who understand the rules would know that.

My point about Francombe is that he is being paid money to know these rules.
Report leetsfosllab May 2, 2010 4:25 PM BST
He is paid to give his opinion
Report jollie ollie May 2, 2010 4:26 PM BST
start of the decline
Report Percy Filth May 2, 2010 4:26 PM BST
I bet he can spell Francome. thugh
Report Orchardist May 2, 2010 4:26 PM BST
sorry seaside - got my bins trained on your PC
Report Tony Fenton May 2, 2010 4:27 PM BST
McGrath should at least try to correct him when he starts talking through his hoop.
Report seaside May 2, 2010 4:28 PM BST
leetsfosllab

He was a great jock and that is what he knows about.

He showed you today the limit of what he knows about racing.

I bet if you asked him about other aspects of racing he would not know.

It's like asking a jock is this horse value to be backed in a race ?

They would not have a clue yet you get people ringing up there tipping lines all the time.
Report TCat May 2, 2010 4:28 PM BST
problem is when you see a lot worse not reversed you might believe the stewards would be consistent and let things stand (although I thought they were right this time)
Report leetsfosllab May 2, 2010 4:30 PM BST
We will have to agree to disagree on this one
Report kirk st. moritz May 2, 2010 4:31 PM BST
This is how it should have gone ...


Stewards called .... no way do they interview winning connections especially a guy in a wheelchair ffs.

McGrath develops a backbone and tells Francome he disagrees with him and they discuss it until the stewards is over.

Owner not taken to hell and back when reversal announced and Francome made to look silly leading to him using his nugget next time something similar happens.
Report seaside May 2, 2010 4:32 PM BST
Tony Fenton

I agree with you Mcgrath was very poor also

He should have told Francombe he was taliking S***

talking about what he knows from a riding point of view.

HELLO

The whip was in the wrong hand

Francombe should have been the first to point this out.
Report TELL DEL May 2, 2010 4:36 PM BST
agree Jimbo was very poor there, should have argued with Francome instead of
letting him just ramble on when he was talking a load of sh1te !
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