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By Cornelius Lysaght
BBC horse racing correspondent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/default.stm
Timeform's allegations come at a bad time for the British Horseracing Authority
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is failing to crack down on "non-triers", according to a leading analyst of the sport.
Timeform's Chasers & Hurdlers annual claims cheating is rife in jump racing, with stewards "blind" to the practice in which jockeys deliberately limit their horses' chances.
Sources within the BHA said it was "disappointed" by the allegations.
It comes after a week of controversy surrounding rules on whip use.
Every horse which ran under National Hunt rules during the 2010-11 season receives a report and rating in the guide - its latest edition running to 1,112 pages.
While saying the latest season "produced a group of outstanding champions" including "tip-top young chaser" Long Run, Timeform's verdict on some other performances is more damning.
It declines to name names, but says: "The rules requiring horses to be ridden on their merits are regularly flouted, and transgressions in the jumping game... are arguably as widespread now as they have been for a long time.
"Non-triers are rarely picked up by the racecourse stewards... who seem blind to such things.
"The main responsibility for seeing that punters are not short-changed rests with the stewards, who must be seen to be imposing the rules with firmness and consistency.
"At times nowadays, at some of the more far-flung outposts of jump racing, it seems as if they are hardly imposing them at all."
The BHA is racing's regulator and is already facing a series of crises, most recently over the use of the whip, but also regarding its funding and the yet-to-be-published 2012 fixture list.
Starting this week four jockeys and one ex-professional rider face hearings for alleged corrupt practices, but all are from Flat racing, and not the jumping world at the centre of the allegations.
A spokesman for the BHA said it could not immediately comment.
BBC horse racing correspondent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/default.stm
Timeform's allegations come at a bad time for the British Horseracing Authority
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is failing to crack down on "non-triers", according to a leading analyst of the sport.
Timeform's Chasers & Hurdlers annual claims cheating is rife in jump racing, with stewards "blind" to the practice in which jockeys deliberately limit their horses' chances.
Sources within the BHA said it was "disappointed" by the allegations.
It comes after a week of controversy surrounding rules on whip use.
Every horse which ran under National Hunt rules during the 2010-11 season receives a report and rating in the guide - its latest edition running to 1,112 pages.
While saying the latest season "produced a group of outstanding champions" including "tip-top young chaser" Long Run, Timeform's verdict on some other performances is more damning.
It declines to name names, but says: "The rules requiring horses to be ridden on their merits are regularly flouted, and transgressions in the jumping game... are arguably as widespread now as they have been for a long time.
"Non-triers are rarely picked up by the racecourse stewards... who seem blind to such things.
"The main responsibility for seeing that punters are not short-changed rests with the stewards, who must be seen to be imposing the rules with firmness and consistency.
"At times nowadays, at some of the more far-flung outposts of jump racing, it seems as if they are hardly imposing them at all."
The BHA is racing's regulator and is already facing a series of crises, most recently over the use of the whip, but also regarding its funding and the yet-to-be-published 2012 fixture list.
Starting this week four jockeys and one ex-professional rider face hearings for alleged corrupt practices, but all are from Flat racing, and not the jumping world at the centre of the allegations.
A spokesman for the BHA said it could not immediately comment.
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The BHA would obviously not want it out in the open.It's all about "public perception" i'd say.
The BHA needs as much new money coming into the game as possible,and in a sport where the average owner gets little more than 20% of his investment returned,it is only right that any wrongdoings are swept quickly under the carpet. You only have to look at the "punishments" handed out to Chemical Nicky to understand what the BHA's agenda is. |
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FANTASTIC WD Timeform
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"more far-flung outposts of jump racing" - now that is a broad hint .......
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They are TAUNTing the BHA with that little morsel,crepello.
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They shouldn't just pick on NH racing though.
A large chunk of the flat race programme is geared towards horses that have had 3 quiet runs as a 2yo. |
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You are a troublemaker Charnier. Don`t bother applying to The Jockey Club unless you want black balls.
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Do Betfair own Timeform? If so they should know is someone is laying these 'non-jiggers'
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I am indeed an agent provocateur,ss.
...and why not. Those at the BHA and the Jockey Club all require a damn good thrashing IMO. Gravy train riding halfwits,all of them. |
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begorra
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too much back scratching going on in racing. good of someone to speak their mind!
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"Non-triers are rarely picked up by the racecourse stewards... who seem blind to such things.
"The main responsibility for seeing that punters are not short-changed rests with the stewards. ---------------------------------------- Take that ARCHAIC requirement AWAY from them (the Stewards) Unlike most of us - who watch practically EVERY race EVERY day - The Stewards may well/probablyONLY watch Racing when they are actively Stewarding --- and perhaps, a few top races 'on the telly' on a Saturday. NO WONDER that they are, "blind to such things." They don't know what they are looking for - - compared to the 'Sharp Minds' regular punters - who ARE looking for such 'irregularities' ALL the time - and, indeed, often anticipate them ... ... witness some of the threads that get started PRE-race on here - not to mention, afterwards. ------------------------------------------------------- The whole NON-TRIER issue should be TAKEN AWAY from the responsibilities of the RACE DAY Stewards. ... and be MONITORED - continuously, race by race by a Panel ELSEWHERE solely just watching the racing, and replaying them to their hearts content. If WE can spot 'Non-Triers' with just ONE viewing of a race - plus the occasional replay ... Then surely such a Panel could have a Field Day - with numerous replays available to them - and NO other Race Day Stewarding requirements to distract them. The days of - "Would the trainer Harry Stitchem, or his representative, please come to the Weighing Room" - - belong in a episode of Jeeves & Wooster. The BHA are to blame as much, if not more, than the Stewards, for NOT grasping the nettle and taking away the Non-Trier obligation from Race Day Stewards. They can always contact the trainer at a later date, if necessary, for an explanation. I could run this game better with one hand tied behind my back, than the myopic mob at the BHA do. |
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About time someone mentioned NH racing, instead of just blaming AW racing.
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I honestly think the sport is beyond help at this stage.
The game will be dead in a generation. |
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Starting to kick off in twitterland
SiClareSimon Clare To Cornelius Lysaght 'Talk about kicking an organisation when its down!' Peter Scudamore to Cornelius Lysaght 'Analyst is wrong to make such a generalization name names' |
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It's Scu who should be naming names.
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didnt take long for gravy train riders to knock the 'analyst'
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Scu and Lucinda have their fingers crossed
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"Sources within the BHA said it was "disappointed" by the allegations"
 I hope their official denial will be something rather stronger than that! |
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The best thing is they can start looking at all the maiden hurdles over the years and they will find a good few there then work their way up to handicaps and they will find a lot more there.
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Lydia Hislop to Peter Scu and Cornelius Lysaght 'If they name names, they'd be sued. Surely you can't be suggesting non-trying doesn't take place?'
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Everyone knows it goes on. Everyone even the stewards unless they really are as thick as s***. Their problem is proving it, someone really should show them how to use that technology are their disposal..it's wasted. And it's rich hearing a trainer on about the new whip rules saying 'the jockeys need a kick up the ****' Wonder what he has to say about the same jockeys on Non-Jiggers.
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Unless Timeform can name names, at least on a confidential basis, they are just another set of pocket-talking mug punters.
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Imo, Timeform/btfr and the BHA probably all know what's going on.
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Everyone knows whats going on for God sake. They can't name names, if the stewards say they're no non-triers then they are opened to slander claims. Tho if they really want people to know who are the non-jiggers all they have to do is put squiggles beside the horses names and we'll know who they mean
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If this is in their Annual which is out tomorrow then they can hardly be blamed for kicking them while theyre down. BHA create their own problems.
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A lot more ways on the flat to get horses beaten than over the jumps, which is why it goes on more on the flat. I would also call not trying your best for a place cheating by a jockey. This is a lot more evident on the the flat. But to think it doesn't go on on the jumps as well would be naive. The sport is losing more and more punters everyday because of cheating yet the BHA keep trying their best to punish those who try, while doing nothing to those who don't.
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put a double squiggle in but no reference to what it means.Punters will know.
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didnt need TIMEFORM to tell us JUST LOOK AT SOME PLACE MARKETS ON HERE IN RELATION TO THE WIN MARKET
that greedy they have the lot or so it seems. |
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patsy, as long as one pays the higher rate PC all is well[;)]
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"hands in the cookie jar" I think is the term used on ATR.
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It was indeed - when Fluke Harvey and the Weaver Shark welcomed back Robbie Fitzpatrick - WITH OPEN ARMS - following his BAN.
"Great to see Robbie back." - they said. Says everything about how rancid racing is... or should I say - Racing's 'Inner Circle'. They are so absorbed in massaging each other's organs - that they simply do not know what tawts they are making of themselves. An utterly disgraceful performance by the pair that night, that brought shame on racing's image. "CAUGHT WITH HIS HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR." HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME - HARVEY. |
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Well done Timeform - about time an established organisation started pointing the finger at the guys who scratch each others' backs to the detriment of punters.
http://freebird.incrediblebargainstore.com |
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Couldn't agree more with Onlooker's two posts. Central stewarding the only way forward. As for Dumb and Dumber they also suggested that night on ATR that being banned for corruption 'could be the making of a jockey' - no wonder racing is in decline with people like that in the media - hang their heads in shame indeed...
p.s. Well done Timeform, dissension on the gravy train and not before time. |
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Novice Hurdles have been a joke for a long time now. In any race where they bet a million bar three you really do need to tread carefully.
The only time I feel comfortable going to war in such races is when the market is pretty much the same as my own tissue. THEY love writing their own results. Totally agree with central stewarding too. |
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great fan of scu, but should keep quiet. "Non-triers" can be found in his own yard, maybe he doesn't understand the definition of the word in terms of punter or form speak?
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stewards are so busy watching out for triers to punish under the new whip rules that they don't have time to look out for non triers as well.
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I would say that at least two out of three very large NH stables from the "far-flung" area of the country regularly have people from their stable laying their own horses on the exchanges.It doesn't necessarily mean that the holder of the trainer's licence doesn't knows what is going on......perhaps.
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certain stables (flat and jumps) always have and always will give some horses an "easy" race now and again.
the problem with punters watching out for it is that pocket talking regularly takes over from common sense and so almost every loser becomes a non trier. I'm sure racing integrity could afford to have an anonymous paid panel (could be up to 10 people or more all over the country to cover holidays etc) to view all races on TV. they wouldn't even need an office as they could work from home, each one viewing races independently and contacting a supervisor by phone or email if they spot something that they think should be looked at. all the BHA would need, would be to pay them a wage and pay for ATR and RUK, and they would have every race covered by professional race watchers. that would free up racecourse stewards to sit and count whip strokes. |
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Sorry to say it, but you guys appear perjhaps not to fully understand horse racing for the vast majority of owners and trainers, who aren't lucky enough to be the Abdullas and and Magniers of this world. Probably 95% of horses that are bought at auction will never be anything more than handicapping class, and therefore, it is not crooked, but sound business sense to try to start them off with a workable handicap mark. The owners pay all the bills, and the trainers first duty is towards them.------------a horses entire career can be ruined by a couple of over exuberant early races (happened to me )------ofcourse, if the owner and trainer are only interested in breeding and prestige, they can "go for it" at every opportunity to build a horses reputation and value------but for everyone else ( like me often)--it's all about buying a horse for 20/30k and trying to plot a path that gives those involved some fun, and a chance of some return.-----------now you may not like that thought, but take it from me, that's how it all works----come to terms with that fact, and it may help your punting-------good luck all !
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