d russell

quite funny,he must loathe him

Why is that ?

is is still about the horse punching incident?

A very awkward moment. Good old Davy.

remember him attacking big mac for criticising young jock on dunguib,

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/davy-russell-jockey-horse-punch-h...

well said davy

Well said Davy.Bruce has never done racing any favour.

I don't expect that Davy was asked about Michael O'Learys suggestion that he should have retired? I missed Luck this morning but will catch up later.

Great Jockey that he is Russell can be a bad tempered ****.

Left me feeling a bit uncomfortable did that.

sageform

the question was asked

funniest was lucky and millington didnt mention it when russell had gone

thats why luck is the best presenter on tv by miles.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1360940360684376068

here is the clip if anyone was interested to see it

Nick was good how he passed over it and moved on.

I thought Millington played it pretty cool to.

not much choice

hopefully the horse he hit has a thicker skin than him . come on davy , as a jockey a legend . but this was ages ago and you still speak to mr o 'leary i suspect despite the cup of tea stuff . on here racing  press are talked about ' slurping gravy ' but if this is typical then no wonder no one calls anything out .

Davy is a pr1 ck in my opinion, but just my opinion.

bruces answers on talking points you knew what he was gonna say before hand so what was the point

id be amazed if he got ride back on envoi Allen after such little riding back  at cheltenham but seemed how he was talking

Why did Luck have Millington on the programme?

Millington adds nothing to the conversation and it is still a mystery how he ever rose to be editor of the RP.

Did Davy let you down a few times G. Hall?

wd davy, we've all wished we could ignore over the years - his love of birchy, and vanilla approach to racing journalism etc etc

Millington adds nothing to the conversation and it is still a mystery how he ever rose to be editor of the RP. by under playing the shenanigans in his paymasters domain - al zarooni, woman mysteriously disappearing off the streets of cambridge, and so on, he made a very late play on bookies restrictions but it was a token gesture, the days of campaigning racing journalism are long gone

No cloone

Millington is a clever guy and does know the game and how you could say he added nothing to the programme is just ridiculous.

Wasn't his first job a cleaner at Catford dogs?

Sorry I don't agree he knows the game inside out, comes across as a barrow boy

Nothing to do with his riding cloone.

I didn't say he knows the game inside out...But he knows the game.

No particular fan of Millington but was pleased to see him on yesterday,a vast improvement on the likes of Channing.

channing tends to waffle a bit although minor league compared to yates, but he has insight on racing/markets/betting that is way over what millington ever offered

Bruce employed Mr Birch, that is all you need to know about him.

In business the boss usually surrounds himself with people who are not a threat to him. He knew what he was doing with birchy

the only threat posed by birchy was to your wallet....

Channing has very little racing knowledge imo, I'm sure he's very good on poker etc but i'ts a racing programme at the end of the day,anyone can go on and waffle about a few bets on Saturday's racing and that's about what you get with him when it comes to racing,always looks as though he's just been dragged through a hedge backwards too,but anyhow most of them are no doubt mates of Luck hence how they get the gig,good luck to them.

ribero1 - channing has a very good knowledge of racing as anyone who has seen his contribution to the cottage industry that is cheltenham preview nights will testify, his tendency to 'waffle' reminds me of highly intelligent guys I've worked with in the past, their brain goes two gears quicker than their mouth which is in fact preferable to the other way round

No prob Gordon,but from what i've seen of him disagree,good luck.

Russell threw his toys out of the pram. Guilty of punching a horse. It was reported. No fan of Bruce either.

i have seen the same as ribero

When Bruce Millington scribed,
At cricket anyone should be adjudged LBW  given OUT regardless of where the ball pitches...
He should have been summarily dismissed.

can't stand millington, wrote some really nasty stuff about Peter Alliss when he was alive. One of the finest commentators golf has ever had or will have. Not trendy enough for millington.

davy misses cheltenham due to injury.

Call it a Day ffs Davy, you have won just about everything twice.....Time to let go Son.

Bruce having the last laugh

My favourite jockey, lovely fella, id Trust in Him !

One of my favourite NH riders. I was impressed when first seeing him when he came over to Ride For Ferdy Murphy.

As a licenced jockey, Davy punched a horse he was riding before the race. What was the racing press supposed to say?

I note that the likes of Jennings or Forristal who are too close to the Irish gravy train weren't exactly calling him out at the time. I'm not a huge fan of Millington either but I'm sure he wouldn't have lost any sleep over Davy still being in a huff.

The racing world are so insular it's untrue. They circle the wagons at every opportunity and take criticism poorly.

Quite happy for the peasants and outsiders generally, to provide to the industry through the levy though.

Exactly , jockeys think they are beyond reproach which is absolutely sickening . Any criticism and they are up in arms , it’s the old chestnut , how many winners have you ridden stuff is usually brought into play .

Nick Luck should have terminated the interview politely there and then. Imagine inviting a guy to sit in the studio alongside you and then allow him to be humiliated in that manner. Bad form by the normally immaculate Nick  Luck.

Like i said before it left me feeling a tad uncomfortable,put me right off my Sunday Lunch.

An ignorant man imo.

Surely they knew who else was on the show before it started and could have warded this situation off.

Millington should have come back with " Are you still mad about me calling you out for punching a horse" bringing it back up

Anybody remember Russell beating a Rival Horse across the head with his whip?How he got away with that i dont know.I think he is a brilliant Jockey but bad tempered at times.

was that the one where he got demoted having smacked the 2nd horse across the head more than once?

Yeah thats the one elise....Shocking stuff!!

didn't he kick off and refuse to ride his next horse, then they did him again for his behaviour, or was that another one?

The same one elise it was at Clonmel.

Bruce on the Postcast: "Don't talk to me about things jockeys say on TV"

This is the problem. Jockey gets criticised, jockey refuses to talk the the press. Therefore the press refuse to criticise jockeys. McCoy did it Lydia Hislop.
She criticised him and instead of stepping forward and explaining himself the toys came out of the pram.

Russell went on that show knowing Millington was going to be on it. He then set out to embarrass and humiliate him. I am not a fan of Millington but to his credit, he didn't lower himself.

The episode typifies the sort of character Russell is, I have seen this behaviour from him on many occassions.

"Anybody remember Russell beating a Rival Horse across the head with his whip?"
I remember Lester doing that.

Great jockey - terrible attitude