I can tell you that the incidence of reported hood problems in running on the flat has increased at the following rate
2009 22 2010 46 2011 70 2012 95 2013 144 2014 180
I do not think the increase in number of races can account for this but I will do the check as a percentage of races
I can tell you that the incidence of reported hood problems in running on the flat has increased at the following rate2009 222010 462011 702012 952013 1442014 180I do not think the increase in number of races can account for this but I will do the ch
Correction the original figures were actually expressed as a percentage of runners and not races which means jockeys seemed to have become much less skilled at hood removal around 2013 onwards
Correction the original figures were actually expressed as a percentage of runners and not races which means jockeys seemed to have become much less skilled at hood removal around 2013 onwards
Here is the breakdown by trainer Peter Grayson and JS Goldie need to train their jocks a bit better
trainer occurances total runs Percentage B N Pollock 1 29 3.448275862 T Wall 1 48 2.083333333 Sarah Hollinshead 2 100 2 J Farrelly 1 55 1.818181818 Miss T Jackson 2 146 1.369863014 C Mason 1 80 1.25 M Walford 2 189 1.058201058 J R Turner 1 100 1 P G Murphy 2 204 0.980392157 Rebecca Bastiman 1 107 0.934579439 Suzzanne France 1 122 0.819672131 N Bycroft 5 650 0.769230769 Peter Grayson 6 805 0.745341615 Steph Hollinshead 1 135 0.740740741 L Carter 4 655 0.610687023 D G Bridgwater 1 187 0.534759358 Mrs K Walton 1 191 0.523560209 J G M O'Shea 2 404 0.495049505 P Howling 5 1019 0.490677134 T Jarvis 1 206 0.485436893 G C Bravery 2 445 0.449438202 J L Eyre 1 234 0.427350427 J Gask 1 242 0.41322314 Patrick Morris 1 265 0.377358491 P Crate 1 270 0.37037037 J R Gask 5 1383 0.361532899 I Jardine 1 292 0.342465753 W Storey 1 299 0.334448161 T J Etherington 1 302 0.331125828 T T Clement 1 309 0.323624595 E W Tuer 1 340 0.294117647 J S Goldie 8 2763 0.289540355 P Hedger 1 359 0.278551532 A Hollinshead 1 397 0.251889169 J L Spearing 2 803 0.249066002 A J Lidderdale 2 818 0.244498778 M R Bosley 1 416 0.240384615 S Curran 1 423 0.236406619 Miss Amy Weaver 1 446 0.224215247 P Butler 1 453 0.220750552 M G Quinlan 1 456 0.219298246 J A R Toller 1 461 0.21691974 R Eddery 1 465 0.215053763 T D Walford 1 471 0.212314225 I W McInnes 2 977 0.204708291 R Brotherton 1 489 0.204498978 J Balding 1 521 0.19193858 B R Johnson 1 522 0.191570881 A Bailey 3 1591 0.188560654 Miss Tracy Waggott 2 1079 0.185356812 Miss Z C Davison 1 568 0.176056338 D Donovan 1 577 0.173310225 R M Whitaker 2 1216 0.164473684 L A Dace 1 620 0.161290323 B J Llewellyn 1 623 0.160513644 A King 1 641 0.15600624 A C Whillans 1 644 0.155279503 P T Midgley 4 2600 0.153846154 J M P Eustace 1 659 0.151745068 P R Chamings 1 698 0.143266476 I Semple 1 702 0.142450142 D Haydn Jones 1 703 0.142247511 G R Oldroyd 1 709 0.141043724 M Wigham 1 717 0.139470014 A D Brown 1 726 0.137741047 D C Griffiths 1 735 0.136054422 Miss L A Perratt 2 1525 0.131147541 T P Tate 1 765 0.130718954 C R Dore 2 1539 0.129954516 W J Haggas 4 3078 0.129954516 J M Bradley 3 2311 0.129813933 D O'meara 1 784 0.12755102 T Coyle 1 799 0.125156446 Mrs L Williamson 1 803 0.124533001 J Gallagher 1 807 0.123915737 M Murphy 1 811 0.123304562 A B Haynes 1 866 0.115473441 Mrs A J Perrett 2 1801 0.111049417 R J Price 1 905 0.110497238 Pat Eddery 1 929 0.107642626 George Baker 2 1865 0.107238606 E F Vaughan 1 955 0.104712042 M Mullineaux 1 970 0.103092784 Mrs C A Dunnett 1 978 0.102249489 W G M Turner 1 984 0.101626016 N Wilson 1 985 0.101522843 R Varian 2 1983 0.100857287 M Blanshard 1 1008 0.099206349 Ian Williams 2 2019 0.09905894 W R Muir 2 2046 0.097751711 W J Musson 1 1024 0.09765625 M W Easterby 3 3112 0.096401028 J R Jenkins 2 2114 0.094607379 S A Harris 1 1072 0.093283582 D H Brown 1 1080 0.092592593 C A Dwyer 1 1117 0.089525515 S Dow 1 1173 0.085251492 B G Powell 1 1192 0.083892617 T D Barron 2 2441 0.081933634 M Brittain 1 1249 0.080064051 M Dods 2 2538 0.078802206 E J Alston 1 1326 0.075414781 R Hollinshead 1 1357 0.073691968 D R C Elsworth 1 1364 0.073313783 R M Beckett 2 2831 0.070646415 Richard Hannon 1 1426 0.070126227 R M H Cowell 1 1445 0.069204152 Sir Michael Stoute 2 2900 0.068965517 M H Tompkins 1 1461 0.06844627 P S McEntee 1 1466 0.068212824 D Carroll 1 1491 0.067069081 H Candy 1 1546 0.064683053 M D I Usher 1 1568 0.06377551 R C Guest 2 3205 0.062402496 R A Harris 2 3364 0.059453032 C E Brittain 1 1745 0.05730659 K A Ryan 3 5265 0.056980057 J J Bridger 1 1758 0.056882821 W M Brisbourne 1 1767 0.056593096 A Berry 1 1773 0.056401579 J R Boyle 1 1827 0.054734537 P F I Cole 1 1851 0.054024851 R A Fahey 5 9287 0.053838699 T D Easterby 3 5620 0.053380783 J R Best 1 1876 0.053304904 D Nicholls 2 3792 0.052742616 J A Osborne 1 2017 0.049578582 J S Moore 1 2088 0.04789272 Saeed Bin Suroor 1 2125 0.047058824 D Shaw 1 2143 0.046663556 J J Quinn 1 2194 0.045578851 M Appleby 1 2235 0.044742729 J G Given 1 2241 0.044622936 C G Cox 1 2507 0.039888313 A J McCabe 1 2607 0.038358266 B Smart 1 2616 0.0382263 G L Moore 1 2675 0.037383178 Mrs R Carr 1 2681 0.037299515 M L W Bell 1 2704 0.036982249 P D Evans 2 5764 0.034698126 M R Channon 2 6012 0.0332668 R Hannon 1 8115 0.012322859 M Johnston 1 9350 0.010695187
Here is the breakdown by trainer Peter Grayson and JS Goldie need to train their jocks a bit bettertrainer occurances total runs PercentageB N Pollock 1 29 3.448275862T Wall 1 48 2.083333333Sarah Hollinshead 2 100 2J
The spread of percentages over distance by total races at the distance has similar rising pattern as the distance get smaller down to 5f
A further worrying finding :How would you expect the distribution of late hood withdrawels to be with regard to race distance if you are a conspiracy theorist ?.Well here are the % of total events by distance5 27.064220186 24.77064227 17.431
The number of flat races under consideration in 2009 was 60,892
In 2014 it had dropped to 56,070
Despite this the number of late hoods off after the start has risen significantly.
Can anyone offer a reasonable explanation ?
The number of flat races under consideration in 2009 was 60,892In 2014 it had dropped to 56,070Despite this the number of late hoods off after the start has risen significantly.Can anyone offer a reasonable explanation ?