harry skelton - town mouse

that horse has always been a right monkey

are you allowed to keep elbowing the other jockey?

got to keep that race

body language of deliberate interference in my eyes.

Oh, he meant it alright.

surely town mouse would not have won there...fraud

sound ride doesn't have to give ground to one moving up the inner when racing room was minimal,Goldstein hoping the winner moved off and Skelton does nowt wrong.

Makes a mockery of stewards if he keeps it

The horse was dodging. Jockey done everything he could and the rail coming out didnt help. No doubt best horse won as had it not been dodging it would have won by a few lengths. If the rail hadnt been there the result would have been the same imho. Keeps the race.

No, that's the body language of a jockey riding to stop another horse winning.

Goldstein shoved have challenged around Skelton,caused his own probs trying to be cute. Should have been put over the rail approaching the last!

should not shoved

Left hand down all the way up the run in, and before the last really. Jock made absolutely no effort to keep his horse off the runner up.

Idiotic M Chapman says its the course layouts fault. Keeping a line adjacent to the rail is the correct line. Skelton just went the shortest way he could with no regard to where the runner up was.

both should get disqualified and a 1000 should win lmao

He was yanking the horse's head to the left to get him to close off the ground of his rival. What's that if it isn't deliberate interference?

Jock made no effort to keep his mount from 2nd on purpose

Skelton was aiming his mount and the rest of his body at the other. I layed the fav so no matter to me.

that is called race riding

I doubt it.

any where else in the world that would get thrown out...very noble clearly the best horse in the race and would have won if not hampered

very surprised if he keeps it. The second would get the race on appeal for certain.

Last message was for PH Godsend!

i know...just adding my 2 pence piece hehe

how long do they want to take ffs

Goldstein didn't have to be so cute,caused his own probs. No self respecting jockey is going to give you that rail run on that run in. Should think himself lucky he got to the line in one piece.

Why should Goldstein have challenged around the winner when it was the winner's jockey deliberately turning his horse's head to  steer into the 2nd and cut off his run, and all the time using his whip in the wrong hand too?

The winning jockey knew he would be beaten unless he stopped the 2nd from winning and even got in so tight as to stop Goldstein being able to use his own whip effectively too, so that's what he did and should be banned and thrown out for doing so.

True PH. Goldstein would surely have won had he come wider.

There was room for goldstein, he went for the gap, got into it, and then skelton tried to carve him up. Sort of ride should lose the race even if he ends up winning by a neck.

Runner up jumped level at the last. He wasn't trying to pinch any ground he was already there !

town mouse keeps the race

of course its race riding ERS, Skelton held his ground and perhaps tightened it up. If that was AP or Piggott everyone would be amazed Goldstein had the nerve to try for that run.

MARKET SETTLED...TOWN MOUSE WINS

ged: If you yank a horse's head to the left, it will go to its right. They are not made of elastic.

If you don't believe me, watch the replay for any horse who gets the comment "hung right" or "edged right" and look at its head carriage.

Skelton probably gets a few days holiday, crap rules.

Just my opinion PH. I reckon he got annoyed at Goldsteins cheek and made sure he drove him into the rail.

Totally certain they will get the race on appeal. Bumped 4 times, whip in the wrong hand and beaten the minimum distance.

Very poor decision.

Goldstein wasn't looking to be "given" the rail, it was there to take but wouldn't have been if Skelton had taken it but he didn't,   meaning Goldstein was entitled to take it considering there was plenty of room to if Skelton had only held his ground, except he didn't and deliberately steered into Goldstein to cut him off.

That's not race riding, that's unfairly doing all you can to stop another horse from winning.

didn't have an interest in the finish but if I owned or trained the winner then he did what he is being paid for. Runner up never hit the front and may well have been intimidated but we race under British rules and Skelton was very professional in his finish.

They don't throw them out anymore do they?

and I agree Roy that he may have been rajjed at going up his inner 50 yards before the last.

Jockeys aren't paid to break the rules just to win and potentially put the safety or other jockeys and horses at risk.

if I had had £2k on him @ 7's then he can shoot him ( as long as its far enough from to make a difference,  rules only tend to regulate last furlong ). I'll pay his fine and give him a carpet for his day off plus his present. Get it home first,they all pay double result nowadays.

Mercenary spirit trumps corinthian in my home. Sorry but thats life!

If goldstein had put his whip in his left hand and carried the winner across the track he would have won. The rules are barmy.

he should have done it Dan,obviously the stewards being charged with upholding the rules and regs thought Skelton had a case for tightening Goldstein up. He has interfered,he has done it deliberately,he has won the race and kept it. Any issues should be taken up with the BHA for the rules and capability of stewards. Not with Harry Skelton,as mentioned AP, Ruby or Lester wouldn't have let him slip inside ( and be praised by the majority )

We'll have to disagree on that ph! I think if a jockey leaves a big gap on the rail, he has to accept it when something challenges there.If he wanted to keep the rail he should've stayed on it.

I'm sure that means a lot to any punters who backed the 2nd.

They've basically created a cheats charter saying you can do as you like and still keep the race and if stewards aren't going to change results like this and are always just happy to do nothing regardless, then do away with stewards and then everyone knows it's a free for all.

If Skelton gets a ban now then that's just rubbing salt into the punters' wounds, as by banning him they are saying he has done something wrong but have still allowed him to benefit from that, which is a bit like a footballer scoring a goal with his hand and the referee saying he will let the goal stand but send the player off.

1 day, in fairness I think he knew exactly what he was doing but clearly Harry knows the rules and the probability of getting thrown out without hitting somebody with a 7 iron. I only ever thought the gap a tight horse width, a bit too snug IMO and obviously in Skeltons.

Race 6 - 4:50pm THE CASINO AT bet365 HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE (CLASS 4)
The Stewards held an enquiry under Rule (B)11.6 into possible interference on the apex of the bend having jumped the last. Having heard their evidence and viewed recordings of the race they found that the winner, TOWN MOUSE, ridden by Harry Skelton, had interfered with VERY NOBLE (FR), placed second, ridden by Marc Goldstein, and that the interference had not improved TOWN MOUSE’s placing as once the interference had occurred VERY NOBLE (FR) improved its position to get its head in front before TOWN MOUSE rallied and passed the second late on. They therefore ordered the placings to remain unaltered. The Stewards found Skelton in breach of Rule (B)54.1 and guilty of careless riding in that he allowed TOWN MOUSE to drift left on the apex of the bend without taking sufficient corrective action to prevent the interference from occurring. They suspended him for one day as follows: Friday 24 April 2015.


Must have been a different race to the one I watched. Very Noble did not get to the front after the last, but was closing all the way to the line after being almost put over the rail.

At The Races comment for Very Noble

    in rear, headway before 3 out, challenged last, every chance and not much room on inside against the rail on run-in, just held close home