townend

He looked like a claiming apprentice

a complete **** up

I have no idea what that was.

All over the place. The jockey that played it basic and simple deservedly won

hang your head in shame man !!!

The unbalancing, panic jump at the last was the cherry on the cake

he tried to go up the inside at the last bend about 4f from home. He had the entire length of the straight to switch. One of the worst rides I've seen for years

That was as bad as I've seen for quite a while.

I had my biggest bet of the year on that - was almost as bad as the Ross Chapman ride in the first - maybe it's time to give up - the game is too shocking

Should have pulled him wide at the top of the straight but he was determined to go between the two horses.

As calamitous as Manning on Lush Lashes

I had no interest in the race and was amazed when I looked to see who had rode that horse.

said on another thread a week or two back that he was presenting his horses at the last hurdle all wrong then a race or two later he falls at the last

shoodacoodadidnt    28 Feb 19 14:25 

I had my biggest bet of the year on that - was almost as bad as the Ross Chapman ride in the first - maybe it's time to give up - the game is too shocking
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WHAT !

It most certainly IS time for YOU to give up.... if you had your, "biggest bet of the year on THAT

    Naa MdH 8K    2m    Gd    11-12    5/25 btn 23L Emily Moon 11-4    11/1    P Townend    —    84    108
56 days break
15Dec18
    Fai inner MdH 6K    2m4f    Gd/Y    11-4    4/16 btn 39L Dunvegan 11-12    16/1    D J Mullins    —    30    92
258 days break
13Dec18
    Trm MdH 6K
    2m5f    Hy    —   
Non Runner (reserve)
    —    —    —    —    —
01Apr18
    Fai NHF 53K    2m    Sft/Hy    11-7    13/17 btn 29L Pat's Pick 11-4    10/1    Mr W J Gleeson7    —    27    96

The reaction on Twitter is a lot larger than usual.
Incredulous ride

What a ****. I like th3 bloke usually but he had 3 furlongs to get the horse out and it would have won by 10 lengths.

Absolute dodgepot of a Horse....I am not a Townend fan anyway but that Nag looked clueless.

thanks Onlooker - i'm sure you're right

Unfortunately it looked like the perfect storm for Fav backers,horse looked like it was thinking about it but not helped by a very weak ride,race was lost approaching the second last when Townend appeared to be going for the outside (which would have been a race winning move imo) but at the last second ducked back in to jump between the other 2 horses one of which jumped across him losing him momentum.The horse then went right and was sloppy at the last which sealed it's fate.Don't think the ride was in any way dodgy just mediocre.