WHAT A RIDE OVER 5F BY FALLON

Im on soft --sprints the first 5f ...WRF ?

Being sent to the States - for Quarter Horse races, over the Winter.

Never get pulled in when they go off like that. Probably the best way to get one beaten.

think his mates have laid that one IR big style

Good judge of pace

Clock in his head ---but is it grandfather or cuckoo ?

Either one of the worst rides of the season or tallywagger has hit the nail on the head. Either way questions should be asked.

That looked suspicious, thought Fallon was too good a jockey to ride such a misjudged race, with the new whip rules the perfect excuse

I wish I waited to lay it...1.19 IR ffs

Was it a bad ride? I have to confess I was thinking "jockey's race" after the rest let him go clear because he looked as though he was just letting the horse bowl along.

We are all talking aftertime though. What were people doing backing at less than 1/5 and 1/20 a place if its obvious its gone too fast ?

Horse never made the running b4.

Agree Feck , especially seeing most of the dangers were first timers and might not be punished

I'm not aftertiming - laid a bit of 1/5 and 1/3. Had backed pre race but thought going too quick especially with the headwind

its what he tried to do on ballinger ridge!!

yes easy to talk afterwards and obviously plenty thought it was going to pi55 it ...... but heavily laid from 1.4 down suggest that some had other ideas.

one thing is for sure, we will never know.

agree with taipan.

Wouldn't have been his decision to trail blaze like that he'd be riding to instructions anyway

so Luca said "lead and go a millions miles an hour in soft ground and a headwind"?

Maybe he did if wanted to lay it

Hayden, highly unlikely that's true with a cumani runner. very rare his horses make the running and almost never go bombing off in front. fallon will just tell cumani the horse got away from him.

thats how to get a horse handiccapped

Fallon doesnt get instructions from Cumani, so Cumani has said several times. For a jockey so experienced, it was a very poor ride. He would have got a feel of the ground and the horses ability to handle it on the way down . He made no serious attempt to restrain the horse, in front or trying to get it covered up. As someone else has said there are  more ways to get beat than getting boxed in.

pedro he clearly went too fast but not crazy fast hence the short price backs. I think  hes a pretty moderate horse with a perfect ride

We'll probably always be guessing so may as well move on   

well said Hayden....fallon knockin on here is sooo boring

Although ten seconds outside RP average, that was to be expected on the ground. Even so, Fallon went quicker than is normal for a slow ground mile race. He went about six furlong slow ground speed ( for six furlongs! )

yeah people that dont like him use his great talent to make out he couldnt make mistakes

Nowon better from the front, horse must of gone lame imo.

just rode a cracker

A jockey is only as good or bad as their last ride on a gambling forum   

He came from behind on that gee gee ok

Fallon masterclass 2.30......

didnt use whip once

Checking the replay
Fallon the only jockey in the race not to use his whip!

My point exactly. "knows Newcastle like the back of his hand ", makes that first ride even more inexcusable.

so the first race is fallons fault,not the horse,trainer instruction,owner instruction....glad we got that sorted

July , isnt he allowed a badly judged ride now and then ? Plenty of other jocks do this now and again.

Any gambler financially involved in the sport that expects a jockey to ride to the best of their ability in every race , a trainer to produce horses to run to 100% ability on every run or indeed a horse to run to produce their best on every outing needs to find another less expensive hobby , otherwise life will always be full of disappointments.


Good luck today all   

Very sound statement Hayden, GL 2 U2

Feck it was a shocking ride ffS!!!

CAn see why he wanted to go on though aftre the way the horse ran through the line on his last 2 starts. Just completely cocked it up in very bad ground IMO.

It was the first race, and no one had any idea how bad the ground was and how it would affect their horse.

True Dan. Anyway Fallon backers didnt have to wait long for money back with interest

It was the first race, and no one had any idea how bad would affect their horse.the ground was and how it


Do think Fallon got a taxi to the start? FFS

Oh dear a simple canter down to start is going to tell a jockey how quickly the tank will empty at full throttle?

It would give him the clue the ground is very testing yes. It would also give him the clue that a two year old would need every bit of help to get home . In reality, he gave the horse no chance of getting home, he wasnt karted, he just made no effort to conserve some energy.

There have been plenty of races in heavy ground where the pack find it extremely hard to pick up the leader. Just wasn't one of those races. Horses are not machines.

You "terrible ride" punters, please post your ir bets.

Good points Dessie. The horse is a free going type that would probably have resented being restrained so you gamble on pinching it from the front if the others go too slow. Sometimes you can go too quick and still hang on having got first run.

Any other jockey and it's not even an issue.