BJ Cooper

put the poor lad out of his misery

Horses feel panic. Cooper is finnish

I bet on it too, I could see the fall before it happened, cooper didn't know how to present the horse at the fence

I thought needs a short step and just pop it, but Cooper didn't do 1 or other and just hoped the horse would get over the fence. Pretty poor.

Alelchi was coming with a strong run, I think if he popped it he would have lost.

A classic jockey panic fall. Jockey's hands completely different to every other jump.

I'd love to be your bookie CustomCut.

If he fiddled it he'd have lost and got slaughtered with people saying he should've asked for a big jump so is forced to go long to give himself a chance of winning, Horse didn't pick up and you know the rest.
That's the game.

LADS RUBY RODE OUTLANDER AT DOWN ROYAL AND IT ALSO JUMPED  POORLY THERE WITH LOTS SKETCHY JUMPS

HORSE IS NOT NATURAL JUMPER ON FENCES  AND YES I BACKED IT AND DONT BLAME COOPS

Nov 17, 2016 -- 2:30PM, Pre-Fat-Low-Fat-Foods wrote:

I'd love to be your bookie CustomCut.

Because good punters always blame everything on the jockey. I don't know if he could have presented the horse better, I've never ridden a horse let alone jumped a fence on one, what I do know is popping would have given Alelchi the upper hand.

Cooper gave it great ride, needed a big one at last otherwise could well have got beat.

I lost 2 bets with the horse and my natural instinct would be to be critical of the jockey if I felt it was warranted. The horse was sticky at a couple of his fences. If Cooper steadied and popped the fence like some are suggesting he would have got beat as he would have lost 2 or 3 lengths plus momentum getting away from the fence. Cooper was correct in asking for a big one but horse missed it.

Anyone have the stats for last fence fallers for UK & Ireland as a comparison?

We see so may Irish chases come down to the final jump, and many of them spill.