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Absolutely pathetic effort from the chap. Turned a nice possy into a fking nightmare trip.
fukcing useless lost it before the race started the moron too far back - awful ride
What the hell was he doing. Gave up his pitch, almost got brought down and then was almost last off a slow pace. Muppet.
The interference the horse suffered was 100% Buick's fault.
disastrous ride, only needed to be mid div and would have pissed it
often jockeys criticized here ,and not always warranted, but I have to agree that was an appalling ride.
Too much too soon thats what happens when you ride out your claim so quickly I wonder how long Gosden will accept this cos it aint the first time.
cant understand why he left it so late at least if you get there early and get beat you have given the horse a chance
hardly his fault he nearly got brought down early, always on the backfoot after that
"HOW TO LOSE A CLASSIC RACE ON THE ALL OVER WINNER" BY WILLIAM BUICK, THAT WILL BE A BEST SELLER IF HE WRITES THE BOOK.
THAT IDIOT HAS COST ME A LOT OF MONEY.
THAT IDIOT HAS COST ME A LOT OF MONEY.
BUICK SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVE UP HIS PLACE SO EASY, THAT LEAD TO THE PROBLEM WHIOCH HE CREATED..
gatewood got him outta trouble earlier. He shoulda had the balls to move the filly up off that slow pace. I guess his balls are still growing. 
I backed The Fugue and was a bit miffed by the ride,until saw the re-run and must say lve change my mind about the ride,in fact l think now he done really to finish as close as he did. Thats racing
why didnt buick protest against the 2nd horse who caused the interference?
epsom one of the hardest courses in the country to make up ground
^^^^^^ HENCE WHY YOU GET A GOOD PROMINENT POSITION EARLY
MCHUNT still crying build a bridge and get over!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got a lot of time for, William. But, come on that was a poor ride. There is noway he should be letting horses come across him while he held a such a good spot. He shouldn't be giving them an inch. He gave the horse time to recover which was great jockeyship, but he should have got The Fugue rolling sooner and not when the pace quickened.
William needs to note when a stable has more than one runner against him. Barzalona blatantly kept him in on Gatewood trying to keep him from beating Jamie Spencer for the same connections while Betterbetterbetter did him in the oaks aided by Daryll Holland. He will learn that when you are on a favourite in a big race, tactics can be very nasty.
On what I saw you couldn't blame Buick for that ...a choker for connections and backers but as taximan rightly says ...that's racing and indeed that's life.
running the race at epsom the problem, worse track in the country.
Buick is a top class jockey
knows how to win knows how to lose
today never gave the horse a chance
thats my view
knows how to win knows how to lose
today never gave the horse a chance
thats my view
the fugue was making ground hand over first in the last two furlongs and wasn't stopping. would have won comfortably had she been ridden closer to the pace. it's buick's own fault that he'll be going home without an oaks win in his pocket. i'm not sure the lad is ready for the big leagues. got a feeling he might be jocked off next time.
the reason he was so far back was the filly nearly came down after a couple of furlongs, epsom isnt a track you can make ground up easily. he was unlucky, wont be the first or last around that gaff.
watch the full race again
watch the full race again
come on now, he had plenty of time to get that horse into the race. if he had gotten the horse closer after a 4 or 5 furlongs, he would have won. it's a mile and a half race not a sprint, he could have easily manoeuvred the horse into contention. instead he chose to play silly buggers and it cost him the race.
that track is notoriously hard to make ground up and run at a crawl made it worse. the only way was to come wide, had he gone inside he would have met further trouble. trying to make ground up wide on tattenham corner would imo meant the filly would have finished further back. the filly was nearly on the deck, it takes time to get organised again.
everyone is entitled to their opinions, mine is he was not to blame. she looked the best filly in the race, maybe was also out the back early and probably didnt get home. these two might well prove the form all wrong, around a more friendly track.
everyone is entitled to their opinions, mine is he was not to blame. she looked the best filly in the race, maybe was also out the back early and probably didnt get home. these two might well prove the form all wrong, around a more friendly track.
dire ride wouldn t ride the horse again if i was the owner
Jun 1, 2012 -- 12:21PM, wonders wrote:
dire ride wouldn t ride the horse again if i was the owner
classic pocket talking comment
he was unlucky, the filly was lucky to stay on her feet, think about it
time will tell if they jock him off, i doubt it but will be the first to admit i'm wrong if they do.
fallon would have won 3 length on it , he messed up bigtime even gosden was fuming cant say a blame him
surely a slow pace makes it easier to make up the ground.
i never said he should have tried to make ground at tattenham corner, who would do that? he should have been sitting just behind the leaders at that point, steadied going around the bend and upsides ready to pounce in the home straight.
the bottom line is he lost the oaks when he should have won it.
i never said he should have tried to make ground at tattenham corner, who would do that? he should have been sitting just behind the leaders at that point, steadied going around the bend and upsides ready to pounce in the home straight.
the bottom line is he lost the oaks when he should have won it.
the bunching off a slow pace imo makes it harder, i dont think he was ever in the position to make up ground after being hampered and did well to finish where he did.
its your opinion mines is different, i just find it hard for anyone who took time to watch it a few times can think it was a dire ride.
its your opinion mines is different, i just find it hard for anyone who took time to watch it a few times can think it was a dire ride.
I'd say a lot of the connections were taken by surprise as most were I suspect expecting at least one of the Coolmore animals to blaze off out in front, that didn't happen because O'Brien had his doubts that any of his would stay a fast run 12f, the Channon runner probably found itself in front almost by default?.
The race was slow by 3.68s considering the fast conditions it was run at a dawdle.
Having said that Buick has to shoulder some of the blame as he was a little too far back when the sprint began in earnest up front and was caught a bit flat footed.
The race was slow by 3.68s considering the fast conditions it was run at a dawdle.
Having said that Buick has to shoulder some of the blame as he was a little too far back when the sprint began in earnest up front and was caught a bit flat footed.
i agree with most of what you say SG, on any other course i would probably agree with the lot.
i'm saying the slow early pace means he could have more easily monoeuvred the horse into a decent position, in the early part of the race. instead he chose to sit at the back - and yes it was a choice - he could have chosen to sit closer to the pace. and that's what being a top jock is all about - making the right choices.
i didn't have a bet in the race btw
i didn't have a bet in the race btw
Just had a look back on the race and I'll revise my opinion somewhat, the interference he suffered was a lot worse than I intially thought Buick lost his position through no fault of his own, and seemed to be plenty close enough in the straight, he didn't really quicken more stayed on.
I think Buick was more unlucky than actual bad jockeyship if the interference didn't happen he most likely would've prevailed?.
I think Buick was more unlucky than actual bad jockeyship if the interference didn't happen he most likely would've prevailed?.
i wasnt getting at you HL
looking at her first two races, (only six runners last time)its the way she has been ridden, held up, so where she was before the interference is probably where he was meant to be. had she not suffered the interference i believe he would have made up the ground before tattenham corner and been in a better position. the filly did get mullered.
looking at her first two races, (only six runners last time)its the way she has been ridden, held up, so where she was before the interference is probably where he was meant to be. had she not suffered the interference i believe he would have made up the ground before tattenham corner and been in a better position. the filly did get mullered.
Jun 1, 2012 -- 12:29PM, high_lander wrote:
surely a slow pace makes it easier to make up the ground. i never said he should have tried to make ground at tattenham corner, who would do that? he should have been sitting just behind the leaders at that point, steadied going around the bend and upsides ready to pounce in the home straight. the bottom line is he lost the oaks when he should have won it.
A slower pace makes it easier to make up ground.Are you 4 real?
Forget about the interference early on. When they hit the straight, nothing was travelling better. It's at this point that Buick lost the race. He sat motionless for too long and allowed those up with the pace to steal a march on him. The other jocks were hard at it, but Buick didn't get serious with his mount until inside the 2 pole.
Exactly, he got the horse organised and travelling after the interference and then just sat there before getting involved far too late. Its just one of those things but i'm sure this guy isn't up to it. Time will tell. The track is always a fookin nightmare as well. There are only 9 runners tomorrow so the result should be fair.
did frankie not ride an equally poor race in the oaks last year. the course obviously has a lot to do with the jockeys trying to balance their horses and in doing so making a horlocks of the way they ride the race. lester wasnt the master on this course for nothing. buick is coming in for too much stick as usual by people who have lost a few quid on the fav. its all part of the game
Triple-Trigger; Of course a slower pace makes it easier to make up ground in the early part of the race. Are you completely stupid?
The people defending Buick are foolish. He made an almighty rick, it happens, get over it.
The people defending Buick are foolish. He made an almighty rick, it happens, get over it.
4 wide round tattenham corner and down the middle again.
when the feck will he learn.?
when the feck will he learn.?
rails were covered , were was he going to go
ffs, he did f all wrong imo
ffs, he did f all wrong imo
he is a class jockey bar dettori the best around, he done nothing wrong
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