Nina Carberry

wow how did she stay on it?

She did well, hoss must have had a stone in hand

amazing sit.

Needs a weight allowance according to AP though. She is so much the best rider round that course that it is embarassing.

50-1 In Play   

if she claimed 3 lb she'd be champion jockey

something happened just before the last too...looked like she slipped down around the horses neck....or was it just her crouching low

Sensational Ride!......She better then 99% of the blokes in the plate.

looked unbalanced at last for me, she slipped down it's neck trying to get an extra slap with the stick.

still a great ride though.

Great ride from Nina , she did well to stay in the saddle and she was keen to cut the corners/stick to the rail , and she never gave up . Well done to her and all who backed the winner .

she's a lovely lovely girl

Mccoys point is a general one...obviously you can point to the very very best woman rider and question it but you could also point to plenty of examples where the point is valid....generally speaking I'd agree with him.

McCoy's suggestion is nothing but a load of condescending codswallop -anyway  nobody will be stupid enough to even try it on.

apprentice girl jockeys having to ride more winners than the boys to lose their claim is the best suggestion

on that subject why does a rider need strength to get a horse running for him/her ?

Who is carrying who ?

because every winner doesn't do so on the bridle.....generally speaking strength comes into it  to some degree or another in the pushing and shoving stakes in most races so you're left arguing as to whether girls are as strong as boys .....if you want to deny that strength in the saddle doesn't exist then that is a bit bonkers.

tongue in cheek .... but I'm not sure how often jockey strength comes into it

when you think of all the other factors involved I would put jockey strength some way down behind how fit the horse is, going, distance etc.

just remarkable

last two

w/d backers

Another superb ride

So weak at the finish as well - lol.

I can see a case for girl/lady riders getting an extra 3lb until they have ridden out their claim but after that they should have to ride on a par with men.

Wonderful ride on the topweight in the last...beautifully presented at the fences and never got the horse out of his rythym...something McCoy probably wouldn't understand...his comments about strength in the saddle say more about his own riding philosophy than the lady jockeys..he relied on brute strength(brutal strength) to compensate for his lack of natural horsemanship...still vivid memories of Valiramix and poor Darlan...victims of a jockey who could thrash and intimidate a fit horse to win a seller but was often found out when on a class horse.

another top ride.

lead on....on balance and taking everything you've just posted into account....I've decided that you must be nuts....apologies if this is erroneous.

Agree with lead on.
McCoy the most overhyped jockey of all time .His idea about an allowance for female jockeys is an asinine insult.

Where's that Basilbrush when you need him.  He's always got an opinion on Nina.   Here's one from March of this year....

"I think she has lost the plot to be honest, I wouldn't let her near a horse these days, well past her best.....she has become a complete liability like the Mangan girl, in Ninas defence, she was a good jockey at one time.