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Definitely not imo.
Both great rides to win and both get done.
If you want the best horses to lose and the form book thrown up in the air then support the BHA.
Simple as.
Both great rides to win and both get done.
If you want the best horses to lose and the form book thrown up in the air then support the BHA.
Simple as.
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just in case there is any confusion I do of course mean, would they have won without going over the BHA permitted limit of strikes.
Question would Sams mount have won if he hit his horse one more time?
"I thought Ruby gave his horse a brilliant ride," said Geraghty.
"He stopped using the whip with about 100 yards to go and gave him one more smack and it was the difference between winning and losing.
"It was a brilliant ride and to get suspended for that is flying in the face of what we are trying to do. We want to win races but not at all costs.
"If you are on a horse that travels well to the last, or between the last two, there's no need to get stuck into him for a major effort until late in the race.
"But if you are on a horse that's a bit lazy and wants a couple of smacks early on in the race to keep him up to his job your eight have gone and you're just watching the race go away from you.
"You can't ask the horse for the effort he needs to give to win when you are reduced to a passenger."
"He stopped using the whip with about 100 yards to go and gave him one more smack and it was the difference between winning and losing.
"It was a brilliant ride and to get suspended for that is flying in the face of what we are trying to do. We want to win races but not at all costs.
"If you are on a horse that travels well to the last, or between the last two, there's no need to get stuck into him for a major effort until late in the race.
"But if you are on a horse that's a bit lazy and wants a couple of smacks early on in the race to keep him up to his job your eight have gone and you're just watching the race go away from you.
"You can't ask the horse for the effort he needs to give to win when you are reduced to a passenger."
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