May 10, 2019 -- 5:10PM, Deltâ wrote:
Race 5 - 4:10pmTHE WHITE OAK UK CONDITIONS STAKES (CLASS 3)Permission was given for A MOMENTOFMADNESS to go early and be led to post.An enquiry was held to consider interference shortly after leaving the stalls when the winner, SHE CAN BOOGIE (IRE), ridden by Jane Elliott, interfered with ANGEL FORCE (IRE), placed sixth, ridden by Phil Dennis which interfered with A MOMENTOFMADNESS, placed third, ridden by Silvestre De Sousa which in turn interfered with BRANDY STATION (IRE), placed fourth, ridden by Elisha Whittington. Elliott was suspended for 6 days for careless riding in that she had edged left from stall 6 interfering with ANGEL FORCE (IRE), A MOMENTOFMADNESS and BRANDY STATION on her inside, causing De Sousa to take a severe check.
Pity the brains trust on Sky never copped what the rest of us saw. Lynch even said the winner got a better break than the fav which was his normal bolix. As for the winner, another example of a horse winning by the jockey breaking the rules yet allowed to keep the race.