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Thinking about it again I suppose he was very unlucky that the gaps did not appear at the right time,
the other jockeys in the race are not supposed to make way to let one through, does not matter how well the one that needs a bit of room is going. |
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he had a wall of horses in front of him at the furlong pole and not much chance of one appearing ,surely the percentage call was to switch and give the horse half a chance although he would have got a b0llocking if he had got beat by switching
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That was Hughes of old-totally useless
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That was Hughes of old-totally useless
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how many years will he get ?
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EXACTLY.....those who defend that ride want a good word with themselves
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It traded 1.17 in running. It's funny, Buick won the race and would have also won the race on Wentworth had he been on that horse.
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No barging needed switch outside instead of going back into the rail 2f out, he had plenty of time to read the race made the wrong call. Sh!te ride! People justifying are deluded!
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the beard, he did exactly the same last week.
the truth is there is another day and punters don't matter. How many other jockeys do we see doing this. |
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What was the horse last week he came 3rd on after sitting behind two rags for way too long?
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Howard Hughes got out more than Richard has lately imo.
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cheers colldogg
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C+NT
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I will add everyone makes mistakes nothing was corrupt and Hughes is a great jockey but he just read the race dreadfully
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Had he of switched he would have won on the bridle. When you have that much horse under you you don't sit behind a wall hoping for a gap
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That last winner at Yarmouth could have got boxed in had the jockey not taken a positive, early decision to switch wide. Hughes took way too long in making a decision. I suppose he got what he deserved really.
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He is a brilliant jockey but even he will admit that was a c**t of a ride.
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What was the horse last week he came 3rd on after sitting behind two rags for way too long?
ORIEL - Oriel 1/2F 2 8-10 Richard Hannon — * * Richard Hughes Tracked leaders, not clear run 2f out, travelling well when not clear run again and baulked 1f out, switched left inside final furlong and still green, finished strongly to press for 2nd, not recover to get to winner (op 4/7, tchd 4/6 on places)  |
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Of course - he was a c**t on that as well.
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His draw dictated where he raced and we can all be geniuses after the event......you may just as well call contestants idiots for not opening their box on Deal Or No Deal once it's been revealed the £250k was inside.
The draw put him on the rail and he got outpaced for a while before then picking up and coming back onto the bridle and twice gaps momentarily appeared but then close almost as quickly and did stay long enough to push a horse through. If it was a non-trier then he wouldn't have made the effort to get a run on a few occasions by switching. The owners aren't exactly in the game to pick up a few quid on a punt next time either. |
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if it had been a journeyman jockey he would have been slated by the experts, once again scared to tackle the top jockeys. thats one of the worst rides i have seen, purely a prep race for something bigger no effort made.
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It is easy from the armchair If he clips heels switching he would look a lot worse. 3 yo colt against older handicappers, not one to take a short price about anyway. Something with good potential not going to risk in a small race. Jocks try to consider safety first not punters' bets, except Mr Dettori who is the punters' friend.
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Ima mazed you don't half talk some sh1te
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Both awful rides, but the ride on Oriel was much worse. More stupidity than bad luck
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60 posts. sad lot.
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If ever RUK need a few more excuse merchants look no further - is this forum full of jockey's agents by any chance? Hard to know what was worse there - the actual ride or the subsequent analysis? Have to say Mellish almost broke ranks but Machin expertly steered him back in line. The analysis should have been quite simple. Hughes should have realised the potential problems and switched outside at a much earlier stage. Could easily have gone five wide and still won. Bottom line was he didn't care enough about winning this race and it was an awful ride.
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I have definite suspicions about a few, Different
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Just watched the replay. Hughes exactly finished where he wanted: Behind the winner. Now I understand the drift of Wentworth before the race started.
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starfish and coffee
Ima mazed you don't half talk some sh1te I'm glad you said that as I've seen your level of knowledge and intellect and it reassures me by comparison that I must be doing something right. For example if you took my view to task on each point then I'd have a least some respect for your views, (although you can't anyway because what I have said was accurate) but like I mentioned, that would take some level of intellect and that's clearly way beyond you, so you make do with the best you can offer with your previous comment.....I suppose I should pity you really eh? :) Anyway what exactly did I say that was supposed to be sh1te? I'll break it down into bite sized pieces for you here: I said Hughes's racing position was dictated by his draw and that put him on the rail - he was drawn in stall 8 which was one off the rail....oh and you also have to ride the first part of the race to your draw too. I said he got a bit outpaced for a while - he was being ridden between the 3f-2f mark and others were travelling better before coming back onto the bridle again. I also said brief gaps twice came for about a stride or two and closed just as quickly - this happened just after the 2f and again just before the 1f pole and then he switched to try to get a run once knowing he was running out of time. Please feel free to tell me which out of all of that is wrong. I think I see your problem though, because you have an inability to see things for yourself and so just come up with any old b0ll0cks, you mistakenly think those who can must be talking sh1te. HTH.  |
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Just watched it myself to see what all the fuss was about, my honest opinion is Hughes tried to win showboat style hoping the gap would appear and then win hard held on the bridle, he had ample time to switch.
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At which point during the race when he always had 4 or 5 horses to his outside hemming him in should he have switched?
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I dont know what race you were looking at ima?, once piscean had moved on there was a clear gap there for what seemed an eternity for him to switch out, he was always a showboater, take a look at his ride on Trumptet Major at the Goodwood festival last year, struggling for a gap, then gets the gap then inexplicably takes a pull instead of going for his race, and ended up dead heating a race he should've won outright.
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ima have a look for the big back and white pole marked 1
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ima_mazed66 saying Hughes racing position was dictated by his draw. FFS it was a 7 runner race, in which 1 totally blew the start. Hardly a 24runner 1mile handicap field or 24runner 2mile hurdle race
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I think the big mistake he's made was to be convinced Annunciation was going to fall away on the rail and let him through there. That one had pulled early and was under pressure from the 3 pole plus Hughes has ridden it before so obviously knows the horse well. Perhaps with it being Ryan on the stablemate he was thinking he might be let through but from what I saw he was never contemplating the outside.
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Wentworth was an enhanced Lock-In price in Ladbrokes shops just before midday. They went 5/2 while it was 3.3 on here.
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At the 1f pole he had 2 horses on his outer and one just behind and coming up on his outer, and I doubt anyway even if he could have got out that running sideways to switch around that many at the stage of the race would have given him enough time to balance and straighten his horse again, and we saw that with Camelot in the Leger when he only had to switch around one horse and they were going a fair bit slower than in this race.
Hughes did switch one horse wider inside the final half a furlong and then momentarily there was a gap to come through which soon closed when the jockey on the outer with his whip in his right hand used it and drifted back inside to close the gap. |
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It was an unlucky ride which looked terrible because was going so well. One of those things.
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I had £25 EW on the winner, not many times I say this but lucky lucky me.
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