johnson - disgusting

Knee jerk?

lol - if you want to know how bad that was it's 10/1 to get thrown out !!

Ban (imo)

Hefty ban, I would hope. I know and like the guy but it was shockingly careless.

how long did he get?

No ban. According to Mick Fitz on atr the stewards were satisfied that Johnson did not cause On KHEE to come down . The winner was far enough clear to cross over and On Khee just clipped heels.   . . . . .  Strange but thats what Mick said so it must be true!!!!

stewards u wonder what race they are looking at...in australia he would of got 6 weeks for that...clearly came across and took the ground of oh khee.horse had nowhere to go then he cliped heels and came down.jockeys got bans yesterday for minor riding offences.tom scu and horse were lucky to walk away from that..dickie knew it too.the look of worry when he pulled up.i still cant believe the decision..tom scu must of said something in johnsons favour...

Agree. Jockeys stick together like glue. Keep an eye out for Scu skipping up Dickies inner at a vital change of a race in the not too distant future.

dickie owes him a few for that one.. scu had to pull up very sharp before he "clipped" heels..

joke stewards decision..

whether or not the stewards arrived  at the correct decision  we could  debate  all day and without  all the camera  angles. However  , if  anyone truly  believes  that Richard Johnson would deliberately and knowingly squeeze  up another jock on to the rails there ,is misguided  and naive. Dont  you think Johnson has  been riding  for long  enouhgh  to realise  just  how  dangerous that can be ?  the jockey  could  be badly  injured  or worse. I dont  know  Johnson personally  but i  would be certain  he is not that callous.

Nobody said he was being callous . We were just saying Johnson defo owes Scu a favour for not whinging to the stewards afterwards!!!!

by inference they did. the poster began by stating "johnson disgusting " and "throw the book at him ".  Surely  he is not suggesting "throw the book at him" if he thought it was an accident ! there have been more posts on other threads today with just as much vitriol if not more. I am sure , however , joe value, that you dont think that and yes , i would agree that an apology  or as you say , a favour , is correct in this instance.

he's been watching his Boots Madden on Attitude Adjuster in the 1987 Grand National video

Having looked at the race, it certainly wasn't deliberate on Johnsons behalf but it should have been deemed irresponsible riding at the very least and got himself a ban.
Complete mystery that the stewards done nothing as Scu could have easily have been badly injured.

Pablo believe me there are plenty of jockeys riding who wouldn't think twice about squeezing a fellow jockey up if it meant gaining an advantage, its usually done in a sneaky way, especially now with interference rules that almost encourage foul play, unless the interfered with horse is beat a short head its stands virtually no chance of been awarded the race.