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Starter signalled a false start, flag man missed it
Starter signalled a false start, flag man missed it
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the flag man has spoken at the inquiry
what sort of cheese was that |
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The flagman has so many things to do - cut him some slack!
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Should racecourses be giving pensioners a tenner to be a flagman for the day? It may be a very simple job, but this guy clearly wasn't up to it.
If the BHA had any decency, they would divvy up the total prize money between all the owners. But I don't expect that to happen. |
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I still can't get my head around this!
The flagman has one job and one job only to do. He doesn't have to make difficult or split second decisions. The only thing he has to do is look at the starter furiously waving a yellow flag and wave his yellow flag. That's it. Job done. He can go back to his flask of tea and sandwiches. |
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Shambles to say the least. One Conemara backers will be the angriest I presume. However, many players will also be happy at the abandonment. Owners/trainers, etc are the ones who could **** out.
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What about the sponsor who puts up a lot of the prize money and gets no presentation etc ... all costs should be re-imbursed by The BHA and the prize money dished out evenly. The flag guy should of course be sacked immediately.
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Its not a hard job is it to be a flag man ffs, just watch the start, glance at the starter to make sure nothings happened.. easy enough, but the fu cking idiots cant even do that in this day and age.
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What about the time I went into the stewards room and ask how come the race was not void when one of the two sets of stall failed to open
They did open a few seconds after the first set The race was a five furlong at Bath I was told they had no rule to void the race Only the started could do that Did they ask the starter to void it ? no 50/1 chance won the race and from which stall ? yes you got it the stall that opened first. Only person who spoke up was Mick Channon when I was in there |
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After the race,the stewards held an enquiry into the start and asked the flagman why he didn't wave his flag.
'Oh,I wondered what that was for' he replied. |
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thats his promotion up the spout was getting moved to the road crossing next season,
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What I cannot understand is why after a circuit, they did not let the race run it's course then hold a stewards. Result stands, weighed in.
Starter and Flagman wrists slapped. Or is that too much common sense? |
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Barstool. The people that run racing are not 'common'.
Therefore,that type of sense in in short supply. |
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In fairness to the flag man, if I was stood in front of a fence with a field of horses soon to be charging at me on such a short run to the first fence, I think I might have my eyes and concentration more on the horses than the starter.
Also I'm wondering due to both the fist fence being so close to the starting line and the height of the jockeys on horseback in a clustered field at the start, whether the flagman could see over them to notice the starter's flag, although he clearly didn't look back at the starter after he had moved away from the first fence. It looked to me as if the horse furthest to the right as we look at it wasn't quite on the course itself so the starter was then being fussy after having initially let them go or maybe he didn't mean to release the tape when he did and so was calling them back, but still seems fussy either way. |
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Ok it may be the flagman's initial mistake but there have to be questions about why it took so long to stop them and why they were stopped - no jocks seemed bothered at any point in the race. The shot of them coming round to the start again and the starters empty chair is telling - i've a feeling it will be the oap of a flagman that will get it and not the oap of a starter or any of his 'officials'!
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Actually,first time poster,he'll get promoted to starter!
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