Richard Hughes

He did give Wentworth a "peach" yesterday,Facts.

Pity he didn't on his previous 3 outings.

Fortunately, I wasn't on him on those occasions

brain dead jockeys
he could have sent her on 2.5 F from home but didnt.......that was his mistake........maybe he was holding it for one blast
this horse looks a miler to me and they should have stuck to that

Haven't you just answered your own point for the exact reason why he didn't kick on from 2 and a half out?

Those wouldn't really be the ideal tactics for a horse with the speed to win the 1000gns but trying 10f for the first time against others that have proved they could stay it and/or older horses.

You're far too shrood for this place,Facts.

dettori thinks to much is made of jockeyship and in 9 out of 10 cases a horse would win whoever rode it , mind you he never said a word when he was top jock for 15 years,

Did you watch the race AG....he wasnt WIDE on the outside,he was sitting just on the outside of the pack.Then he had a choice stay clear of trouble and in touch or go inside and hope for a gap to open.Yes and 10 times more races are lost by going to where trouble is likely.Gabriel it dosnt make you one of the insiders or in the know to be on here constantly licking everyone in racings backside.It just makes you a gullible sad attention seeker

FB

Nothing to do with Wentworth struggling on firmer ground then?? lets blame Hughes because the horse is a tad more tentative with firmer ground?

Ima

"SO CONFIDENT ABOUT lANTERN - SHE'LL LOVE THE EXTRA TWO FURLONGS"

"I am riding a wonderful filly who I think is going to love tackling the stiffest test of her career"

"I HAVE ALWAYS SAID SKY LANTERN NEEDS A MILE AND A QUARTER"

"I'M CONVINCED SHE'LL RELISH AN EXTRA TWO FURLONGS"


Do these quotes (all from his column in the Post today) suggest he was worried about her stamina ?

Gabriel it dosnt make you one of the insiders or in the know to be onGabriel it dosnt make you one of the insiders or in the know to be on here constantly licking everyone in racings backside.It just makes you a gullible sad attention seekerIt just makes you a gullible sad attention seeker

Jesus Tonto, this loss has effected you badly, perhaps you need a break. Who`s backside am i licking? You just expect to pick the horse with best form and hold your phucking hand out. Hughes was delaying his run, he does this 90% of the time!! have you ever seen him at work before this race??

Angel Gabriel

Are you seriously suggesting the ground wasn't fast yesterday ?

Good ground FB - showers in the morning. You know the difference, or are you saying good ground is actually good/firm in disguise??

Buick said in his post race interview he wanted to track Hughes in the race. So he is following the short priced fav, the best horse going into the race. He sees him  tuck back in, what's he going to do? Thinks to himself this is my chance, he won't be getting out now!

At least the racing insider apologists are getting a nice reward for turning a blind eye and praising everyone whatever they do.Poor old Gabrial does it because he thinks it makes him sound smart.....just like Jimbo!!

IF YOU THINK BEATING THE STANDARD BY 0.29 SECS RELATES TO "GOOD
GROUND" THEN I WISH YOU LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE PUNTING.

Sorry for the caps.

How many times has Sky Lantern run at 10f before today flyingbolt?

If Hughes was so certain she would stay then on a course where runners often find trouble when coming from behind, why didn't he bounce her out of the stalls and make all then? My guess is that he hoped and felt she would stay but still knew he had to ride her in the best possible way to try to ensure that she did.

FB you know the official ground was good(gf in places)-

Every other race was run SLOWER than the standard. Are you saying it was good/firm ground yesterday? Remember it was good(good/soft) on Thursdayand they were running close to the standard.

Every rider was saying there was no jarring in the ground yesterday yet you beg to differ.

IMA

Err,never.

Your next comment is so far beneath your usual solid arguments I'm astounded you have typed that.
Obviously he's not going to make the running on a hold up horse.

I've brought to your attention his comments.They don't sound as though he had any doubts imo.
He was wrong.

I stopped listening to what jockeys say in 1974.
The official going report is of no interest to me.
The 4th race was run faster than standard.
It was good to firm.

Flyingbolt i stopped listening to you at 18:05

It was not good/firm because if it was Wentworth would not have won.

Hughes is pathetic , he is not even man enough to accept the **** ride he gave Sky Lantern - the bloke is a jerk. If he accepted he made a bad ride I would have a bit more respect for him but he is to proud of himself to admit it. Reminds me of **** Tom Q when he nearly lost Frankel his unbeaten record by riding two finishes at Royal Ascot in 2011. He panicked when the pacemaker went clear but yet again he was not man enough to accept he balls it up. It was only Frankel's supreme brilliance that won him the race.

So obviously if he's on a hold up horse trying 10f for the first time flyingbolt he's still going to ride it the best way he feels to ensure she got 10f which was my exact point.

Just because he felt she would get the trip doesn't mean she would, so my point was in response to the person saying Hughes could have sent her on 2 and a half furlongs out when that was always going to be very unlikely considering she's a hold up horse running farther than she ever has before. She wasn't even hitting the front from that far out in her mile races let alone a 10f one.

You pointed out what Hughes had said in his column and that's fair enough but he still didn't know for sure if she would stay and so rode her accordingly, which didn't include kicking for home from a long way out.

IMA
I don't think anyone is suggesting he should "kicked for home a long way out".I'm saying he should have held his position if he was so confident the filly would stay.


AG
Yes obviously Wentworth wouldn't act on good to firm.
Funny that he's previously won on it,they have never run him on anything softer than good,he's by a fast ground sire a nd his dam is by a fast ground sire.


Over to you.

I think I can see what the problem is now flyingbolt.

When you say you don't think anyone is suggesting he should "kicked for home a long way out" you mean you didn't say that and that's fair enough but you would be wrong in saying you don't think anyone is saying that because that's exactly what I was responding to where someone did actually say that and even mentioned 2.5 furlongs as where he could have kicked on from.

If you scroll up to my post at 17:27  I've actually quoted it being said and then responded to it but appreciate it's not always realistic to read everything in a thread.

So does that mean you agree that he should have held his position when Buick ranged up on his outside given that he was so confident of her stamina........or not ?

I have only seen the race once so wouldn't like to comment for sure but it looked to me on a one time watch as the only reason he wasn't able to hold his position was because of Buick knocking him back inside, unless you mean at an earlier point in the race but again I can't really comment until I see it again.

Holding your position and being able to hold your position are two different things.

It's all about opinions.
imo he had plenty of horse under him to hold his position without stretching her and didn't.
Nice talking to you.

AG
Yes obviously Wentworth wouldn't act on good to firm.
Funny that he's previously won on it,they have never run him on anything softer than good,he's by a fast ground sire a nd his dam is by a fast ground sire.

Yes FB of course by beating horses rated 2 stone inferior to him that proves he prefers it rattling!!3L back in 4th is a 77 rated beast.

"The thunderstorm that hit Goodwood at 7am made all the difference – but for that I don't think he would have won.
"Royal Ascot was so disappointing – we went there thinking we had a stone in hand, but he went keen to the start, jumped slow and was just never on the bridle.
"We were 15 lengths off the leaders and I was never going but, in hindsight, we now know that it was the firm ground that was responsible for that defeat.
"It was fast enough at Sandown last time when I bullied him along, which was the wrong thing to do, but with the rain taking the sting out of the ground he travelled that bit better here, and given a real bit of dig, he will travel even better again. He's a Group horse – there is no doubt about that."

Ok Flyingbolt you be the advisory to the Hannon`s yard regarding ground conditions for his horses.

Not the best of rides he should admit...outwitted ..the best horse did not win.. he had the chance to come wide but did not take it end of

Once again, if the gaps had not closed then Hughes would be lauded again as a master. Sajjhaa was coming across Sky Lantern to the outside which is why Hughes never pulled her wide and SL like most of the runners leaning in towards the rail.

hughes won all of those races this week because he was on the best horses. most of them were in first 3 in betting. hes not a genius. hes a talented rider, who has one weakness.........which was on play again today.

His one weakness?? is that like ALL other jockeys he finds traffic when he has other options?

They all phuck up bdj, therefore every jockey has that weakness and every jockey in the future will have that weakness. I have a problem  when they deliberately find traffic to guarantee they will not be placed. Hughes in hindsight would have come wide but 8/10 times the gaps would have appeared.

Viewpoint, good ride, Torenado great ride, Migic city good ride,Monteridge clever ride,
Wentworth class ride, (re sandown race Ange Gabrial 100% correct) Pether's moon fracking class ride
Art Official, ffs gents it's goodwood, traffic probs abound, the man is riding out of his skin.
He is a brilliant jockey, with an amazing racing brain, pure class.
That filly would not of won today, no matter what.

motley

Which part of the Sandown race is AG 100% correct about ?
He hasn't given an opinion. He's just repeated what Hughes said.

As for Hughes, the ride on Ninjago was another masterclass in giving a horse no possible chance of winning the race.

My opinion was that the going was too firm for Wentworth FB.

Before i quoted Hughes i had told you this. His form improves with the firm taken out of the equation, probably something to to contemplate when backing him again.

I shall repeat this only once.

Horses do NOT beat standard on good ground.It was good/firm on Friday whatever Seamus Buckley,Richard Hughes or Uncle Tom Cobley says.

I accept it may have been even firmer at Ascot and Sandown.However at Ascot he was given an impossible task sat out the back and seemingly totally unsure which part of the track to race on.When he finally made up his mind and got some daylight the horse flew home. He didn't seem to be feeling the ground in the last furlong.

At Sandown he did the opposite, chasing the horse along to try and negate an outside draw and raced too close to the lead which did not suit the horse.On Friday he gave him the perfect ride and it was a pleasure to watch. In his other 3 runs this season he has given him absolute stinkers.Indeed there is a case that this horse should be unbeaten this season.

watched channel 4 racing all week, and really was cringworthy, not sure if that's the right word, but it was sickening, ok hughes rode loads of winners but everyday hughsie, phoebe ,Kiernan ( I think that was the boy name), his wife, balding was all over them, so was fitz, me and hughsie been playing golf this morning etc etc.

I accept it may have been even firmer at Ascot and Sandown

Thankyou for finally admitting the errors of your ways FB.

At Ascot he was never on the bridle, struggling on the FAST ground. Interesting on GOOD(good/firm in places) at Goodwood he travelled and QUICKENED up well. Just accept that he does not want it firm FB and move on.

made the decision to stay where he was,didnt pan out,for him this time,

motley

Which part of the Sandown race is AG 100% correct about ?
He hasn't given an opinion. He's just repeated what Hughes said.

As for Hughes, the ride on Ninjago was another masterclass in giving a horse no possible chance of winning the race.

With respect I'd accept the judgement of the jockey, rather than a poster tbh. I backed wentworth at Sandown
even though he was badly drawn, got stuck into him early from draw, and firm the ground obviously didn't help
the horse, as for your "he won on it" they will often go on it once, against weaker opposition, but they remember
when they don't like it, I can tell you that.

As for Hughes, he is without doubt the best jock riding today, 8 wins at goodwood, all ridden with supreme confidence.
He is the first since LP, to ride em like that. He cant get them all right, with they way they are ridden. Can't win
on all of them, especially at places like Goowood.

Most of Hannon's are ridden like that, and he rides them for the most part, exquisitely, and it's a pleasure to watch
with or without a financial investment. If you want one beaten UP, well that not what he's about.

As for Ninjago, wasn't good enough, he's always ridden like that, again I backed it behind Moviesta at NM, he really needs
a stiff 6 off a really fast pace, Goodwood , in my opinion not his type of track.
But that's just my opinion, other opinions are available, I'm sure.

^ I agree

TYVM, when a poster of you're experience and knowledge agree's, Facts, i'll always
feel I must be right

Hughes has tweeted he couldn't barge his way out as Sky Lantern was still remembering the slap on the face from the whip.Guessing he means from the Falmouth which sounds a bit of a bullshit excuse to me.

We often forget that they are horses with memories, nervous dispositions, their own thought process and not machines.

It would have taken a brave horse to try and force any gap open in that race. Buick was rolling around and so were the other runners. There was a glimmer of a gap but then in closed up and again. Sky Lantern would have been reluctant to run between 2/3 horses rolling around in front of her.

on the point of the ground my going allowance suggests it was just on the fast side of good for friday at Goodwood.
The sandown and ascot races wentworth ran in were proper good to firm ground. The racing post time based ground has it good for friday and good to firm for Ascot and Sandown.

"As for Ninjago he's always ridden like that"

There is holding one up and there is holding one up 15 lengths off the pace in a 27 runner field. He was beaten three and a half lengths and passed about 10 horses in the final furlong.He probably is better suited by a stiffer track but he certainly doesn't lack pace. He was still on the bridle 2f out.

As for "He is the first since LP to ride them like that" I nearly choked on my Shreeded Wheat when I read that. Lester often made the running and was rarely in the wrong place during a race. Indeed the ultimate "hold up " jockey was Lester's great rival Scobie Breasley.

Going back to Richard Hughes when he does make the running he is superb at it.

AG,don't put words in my mouth.
I have NEVER said Wentworth wants it FIRM.
My assertion is that it was good to firm on Friday.

Just to add the racing post standard is what they expect a 100 rated horse carrying 9 stone to achieve on good ground.

Hughes has tweeted he couldn't barge his way out as Sky Lantern was still remembering the slap on the face from the whip

shouldnt have been in that position anyway, nothing stopping him holding his ground on the outside, wether it would have won or not is another matter, but the ride by hughes cost it any chance it may have had.

FB - this was my original statement which you are splitting hairs over

Nothing to do with Wentworth struggling on firmer ground then?? lets blame Hughes because the horse is a tad more tentative with firmer ground?

You NOW admit it was firmer at Ascot and Sandown than Goodwood?

I completely disagree with just about all of that bolty, but i'll defend your right to say it.

Piggott and riding them with that type of confidence, was what I was referring too, as the description
With Supreme confidence but as ever on here, I have no control over how people interpret the things I say

"Hughes and making the running" He's much better when he's holding them up,(don't u tink) as per the high
percentage of the one's he rides, you surely have to agree with that statement.

As regards the ground I prefer to rely on the coc and the jocks, and the running of the horses,
than your assertion, on what the ground was and was not.

Almost all of his rides this, would of won ride of the ride of the week/month, now that's class.
Pure class.

koikeeper

One reason why he didn`t hold his ground could have been that she was leaning towards the inside of the track and he thought he would preserve her stamina with some cover. Remember this was her first attempt at 10f and was she travelling as well as Hughes was making it look?

No I don't agree,motley. He holds up most of the horses he rides often giving them a lovely ride. He also (and always has) makes an lot more c ock ups than he should. When he makes the running he always seems to do everything right win or lose,judging the pace perfectly. I'd rate him the best front running jockey currently riding.

"As for the ground I prefer to rely on the coc and the jocks"



You trust the opinion of the Clerk of the Course ?????????

I prefer Stevie Gerrard over you FB.

He says it was just on the fast side of good on friday. That explains why Wentworth won.

AG, racing post actually have their own time based ground as 0.02 slow for friday. so pretty much good ground for them, very slightly on the slow side. As I say their standards are for what a 100 rated older horse can achieve on good ground.

Thanks for that SG.

I would take the cocs and jocks opinion (on race day) that is 100% of the time,rather than
your expert view, from the comfort of your favorite armchair and if
that is not readily obvious, I afriad I won't know what to say to you. As for your opinion
RH is better from the front than behind, ditto the above

koikeeper

One reason why he didn`t hold his ground could have been that she was leaning towards the inside of the track and he thought he would preserve her stamina with some cover.

according to hughes, he was very confident of it staying so cant have that as an excuse....as for leaning into the inside...a blind man could see what was going to happen if he went to the inside.....it was jockey error as to what happened, no two ways about it imo.......btw i had no financial interest in the race

I think it says all you need to know about AGs race reading ability when he says 8 times out of ten at GOODWOOD a gap would have appeared for Hughes,after pulling SL in behind a wall of horses.Some people are so arrogant that their opinions are always right,they end up making complete fools of themselves.

tonto

Why do you suggest 3 horses is a wall? I have never heard of this before, it seems to me that you are rather dim.

according to hughes, he was very confident of it staying so cant have that as an excuse

That does not mean he wouldn`t keep hold of her for longer or that she as much left as anticipated.

who was top jock at goodwood,2011,2012 2013.?

who rode most of the favourite pleaseeeeeeee

in profit then.?

+7 all rides,+2 fav,MMmmmmmmmmmmmtidy.

Yes Gabriel 3 horses can become an  impenetrable  wall,when there is no way through for the horse behind.Did that happen yesterday,did those horses in front become an inpenetrable wall or not and would it have happened if Hughes had not chosen to go there.Come on AG sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit you have made a complete d ick of yourself and stop digging.

A tactical error to place the  horse into a situation where not getting a clear run was likely,when there was no need to.Probablly would not of won but still a mistake.

i would ring hughes up ,and  tell him not to turn up for windsortomorrow.fm.

yeh - he may as well hang up his boots !The forum experts have spoken - he obviously has no idea how to ride a racehorse

Tonto

Are you suggesting it`s a bad move to cover horses up and wait for gaps to appear? I guess it`s a good idea when the gaps do appear but a bad one when they stay shut.

Well done Tonto you have been elected forum genius!

Gabby you seem incapable of taking on even the most basic of arguments  if it deviates even slightly from your blinkered and fawning view,that everyone in racing must be beyond criticism.You are a sycophant,blinded to the point of idiocy.

So your latest attempt,after the laughable 8 out of 10 hoses have gaps open for them at GOODWOOD or that a horse can only be stopped from getting a run by more than 3 horses,to justify Hughes ride.Is that Hughes deliberately steered SL in behind other horse close home because he wanted cover.So he was prepared to take a major risk of losing a gr 1 race to get cover for a horse that has never shown it needs cover.Not logical is it Gabby.Some horses need cover to run their best races most don't,so its best on those horses not to go into areas where a clear run is unlikely.


Why don't you try one of your Favorite anti punte pro the great a good arguments,that I must only be moaning because I am a pocket talker.All your other arguments have fallen flat on their face.

Once you have finished wringing out your hank Tonto i will precede.........ready?

Sky Lantern was attempting 10f for the very first time, covering her up to attack at the furlong pole would have been the plan. Taking her wide may have lit her up too early. Of course it`s a game of chance and Buick ragging his horse about all over the shop was decisive to keep SL from having a clear run.

Your duality thought process keeps it simple but only a simpleton would ignore other situations during a horse race. Have you ever ridden a horse??

I think there are some fair points on both sides. In my opinion the horse had a run on the outside. Hughes took a pull and got some cover to make sure she didn't go too early over the trip - that ultimately cost her as the run she had on the outside evaporated.

I think, granted a clear run, she would have scrambled home with a burst of speed between the 2 and 1. Certainly travelling better than the winner as she tried to squeeze into the gap. The horse has speed. We all know she is not an out and out galloper, so she was never gonna get home after meeting that kind of trouble.

As for the ground, I honestly don't think it was fast enough for her, especially over the trip. She wants it rattling and a fast time won't convince me that the ground didn't have a bit of cut, or at the very least dead patches.

doantwintoeasy

Well put. Horses that are produced for a burst of speed especially over an extended trip need cover, they don`t want to be seeing daylight over 3 furlongs from home. There is luck involved by keeping them covered up until between the 1&2 pole but this is the pre race thought process rather than keeping them wide away from trouble. It`s all about saving them and taking your chances, sure punters feel mugged there is always a bigger picture.

So a horse that you may have doubts about staying(none were expressed by connections,infact the opposite)the plan was to keep asking it to decelerate and quicken again.The surest way to tire a horse.The best way to keep a horse from tiring,is to allow it to run at a smooth and uninterrupted pace,then to quicken.So did this cunning plan work to steer SL in behind and then have to keep snatching up,did that help the horse stay the extra 2 furlongs.Would you advise Hughes to do the same again if the race was re run?

Yes on a horse that has shown itself to need cover,it may have been worth the risk but not on a horse that has shown it can win by keeping things simple.

Tonto thinks that by covering up a horse is the surest way to tire it out.

actually Toronto I think you have a valid point and I think the jockey made a mistake. That's why I agree with both of you.

I can see the thinking behind what RH did. I think they thought she would get the trip, but not if they had to expend too much energy too early. She was ridden for one final burst of speed. We see the risks of not doing that all the time. Horse hits the front too early and gets done by a stronger stayer. Personally I think he should have ensured the passage towards the outside. Which was what he had done to such good effect at Ascot.

I also think that if you look at the passage Hughes took on Pethers Moon, he was at pains to keep it as near the inside as possible, a tactic he seemed to think paid dividends on the round course this week (not saying he is wrong).

The surest way to tire SL  was running it into the back of other horses,when it was not necessary.AG so do you think every horse benefits from being covered up?If not why do you think it was a good idea to take this risk of being stopped with SL.

That's the main point D2E SL did not have to be covered up to win,so it was an error to do place it in a position where trouble was very likely.

I'm kinda bored criticising RH now and I have done plenty of it. He is genius and flawed in fairly equal measures, but he showed his vulnerability when interviewed on track a few weeks back, so probably deserves a break.

The frustration is watching someone that you know is incredibly good but, for whatever reason, doesn't always want it.

Agree D2E  Hughes is very good most of the time but as on SL he over complicates too many times.Not sure if its because he likes to show boat or just that he gets himself in bad positions too often.

Why do you suggest 3 horses is a wall? I have never heard of this before

to plenty of jocks, just takes one horse in front of them to create an impenetrable wall..... no, having said that, some jocks don't even need one horse......

I personally think Hughes's problem stemmed from when Johnny's Murtagh's horse drifted towards the inside across the Godolphin runner which caused that one to edge out across Hughes, so was as much the Godolphin runner edging out as it was Hughes going back inside. Whilst he certainly did go inside for a stride or two, I was as a result of what the other horses did ahead of him, yet once the Godolphin runner went a length up on him he then tried to edge out again to make the run some on here are saying he should have all along. That actual run wouldn't have been possible anyway with the Godolphin runner edging out unless Hughes edged out even more, meaning he went even wider, otherwise he would have just run up the arse of the Godolphin horse and have been stopped in his tracks.

Unfortunately for him at just about the time he went inside to avoid the Godolphin runner edging out across him, as he tried to come back out again himself a few strides later, Buick came up on his outer and gave his horse a slap with the whip in his left/wrong hand and pushed Hughes back in again. Even then for a stride or two it looked as if Hughes could still have come between the Godolphin horse and Buick on the winner until they both performed a pincer move on Hughes and squeezed him up, causing him to snatch up and costing him any chance of a place let alone any chance of the win.

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r walsh,6/4 under 5, 4 won ,=+3 profit,60 per cent return on investment, free money.

Ima

You read the Hughes/Sky Lantern race exactly the ame as me. Sajjhaa and SDS were edging to the outside and SL was probably slightly edging with the pack infront of her so if Hughes was to go wide at that stage he would have had to pull her wide so he nipped her in to take advantage of the cover for a few more strides but by then Buick had come up on the outside cracking his horse with the whip in his left hand resulting in Winsili being problamatic for Hughes.

I just guess was also stook in 2 minds as to wether to muscle SL to the outside or attempt a stylish move and wait for a passage between the front horses. A bad decision or victim of circumstance? Yes he could have reacted quicker but he was still odds on for a gap to appear. Tis racing i`m affraid, especially when they all start rolling about at Goodwood.

can't add much to what has been said about the ride except that I don't think she would have won anyway.

Sky Lantern looked a world beater at Royal Ascot but has subsequently had two unpleasant experiences, clouted on the head by Buick's whip at Newmarket and then squeezed out and buffeted about at Goodwood.

Deserves a break now, bring her back in the Autumn if there's some decent ground.

I hope they keep her in training as 4yo, sure there is more to come from her.

hughsey 5 wins 1 nr.windsor.

The man is pure class, without a shadow of a doubt, the best jock riding today
how anyone can compare fallon to him, is just laughable.

Compare their number of jockey title wins and classic winners and then you might understand it's not actually as laughable as you misguidedly think...........and Hughes just for good measure via a couple of family connections has had things a lot easier in the game compared to Fallon too.

Fallon was and always will be on dimensional jockey, devoid of class or style in the saddle
a one trick pony type. If you wanted one getting stuck into, he's was your man, no finesse whatsoever
agricultural jock...

Well as long as that one trick is to get his horse over the line before anyone else then I don't think he will get too many complaints.

Not that he was a one trick pony anyway as his rides from off the pace and getting up late with perfect timing have shown on many occasions, as much as his completely different rides when he has set out to make all and judged the pace to perfection and won have also shown.

Meanwhile with a finesse jockey like Spencer, well best of luck backing him looking stylish and and crossing the line in 5th having given the horse far too much to do but at least he looked the part eh? Oh and as far as I'm aware, you don't get paid out any extra on here if your jockey is pleasing to the eye in the saddle.

I suppose you have 25 years experience riding out as well

No but my family come for Galway and I grew up around horses and have worked in a number of stables in the past, although not racing ones and nor have I ever ridden in an actual race.

I've also never driven in a Grand Prix race either but when a driver crashes into the tyre wall I think I can work out something went wrong there, and I'm assuming all gynaecologists must not only be female but mothers too as who else would be qualified to make medical judgements on the female reproductive system?

It wasn't that long ago Hughes used to be a laughing stock on here.Stoute did not want him near any of his Abdulla horses and he probably played a big part in getting him sacked.
Fallon is every bit as good as Hughes imo.

Hughes is good when he keeps it simple. God only knows why this concept seems to be difficult for him to stick to.

Sorry busy on another thread dealing another fantacist

I just hope Flyingbolt never finds out where you live.

Yeah he'll probably ride up my way, popping away over the hedges, on a 25yo hunter