Mulrennan can't get away with that

lost his job with his old reliable trainer and questions about fitness and his ability since injury, imo he cant be far off retirement he had a great retainer and must have plenty of cash but and ive seen it a few times with trainers as well as jocks where, when they have a short time to finishing then they try to make as much as they can while its still there and it could be thats what we are now seeing imo or as he gets less rides and once rumors spread its gets less and less rides, i recall early betfair days the going rate was 5-10k to stop em and although the certain jockeys are still riding they cleaned up there act, they were lucky

the horse was going that well - would probably have won if he'd just sat there & done nothing - he must've thought if i "pull this off heels" - all the way to a detached last, it's going to look fkng awful.   but did it anyway

Plenty going overboard on here. The horse looks a tricky ride, needs covering up as much as possible thus requiring luck in running. The type that needs everything to fall into place and will still find one too good.

This will all be forgotten soon until the next time

You accept or walk….just don’t punt the guy

TV and media will never mention the race unless it happens live on ITV….the a guy like Ed Chamberlain will imo mention it…no danger….

Unfortunately Ruby Walsh covers NH …there would be no hiding place….

Fair enough Whippin but it looked clear on his left for a run so why pull the horse in behind on his right and risk the bumping that he got?

It looked like he was riding for luck, hoping the gap would come. This horse looks the type you need to trick into winning, getting there right on the line. The drop from 84 down to 52 is a big give away and despite trying all sorts of tactics (front running, chasing the pace, held up) they can't get the horse to win again. I would factor this into the price if you consider backing it.

Whippin in that famous river De Nile....., cant believe anyone can try and justify the ride at all. It will all come to light down the road one would imagine.

Whippin Piccadilly 06 Jan 23 13:19 
Plenty going overboard on here. The horse looks a tricky ride, needs covering up as much as possible thus requiring luck in running. The type that needs everything to fall into place and will still find one too good.






One too good maybe, but it is not quite like that is it?

Out of sheer frustration, his previous trainer ran him in a 2 Mile race! lol

Just my opinion lads.

Speaking to a trainer who was there, there was a strong headwind and the going was testing (not enough info on artificial surfaces and how they are riding) maybe explain a bit how the race panned out and the fact that there was 2 treble figure winners on the card.

Just a thought not a defence.

Like I say you live with it or walk….nothing will change…

They will frown on the punter….tv channels and media….the punters are numbers nothing else

the dealer, I hope you are on the wind up. Keep covered up for part of the race by all means but the intention must be to hit the front by the time you reach the lollipop. Mulrennan had zero intention of achieving that.

What that there was a strong headwind and the going was testing ??

I've already given my view on the race, looked horrendous but it might explain a bit how the race panned out, why a mediocre horse travelled so well and finished with so much running left.
I've already said I don't think it's a given the horse will run the same next time, WP gives a pretty good evaluation of the horse imho

The only person who knows if it was bent was the jockey but as has been said, his history and previous rides there  are beginning to stack up against him.

the dealer, as a complete one-off ,ill-judged, brain fade ride maybe, but as you say I think there's a double-figure number of rides that could be questioned in recent months, I hope there's already an investigation on-going.

You would hope so.

the key was..when he eased it back to last..he only was nudging for the next 100yds..never tried to obtain a chance of winning.

One of the horses that raced prominently fell back into his lap. Now you could question if this was the right horse to track. There's obviously talent there but I still wouldn't be in a hurry to back it at a short price.

WP, the question must not be about how genuine the horse is or isn't, it's about the effort from the saddle and how genuine that was in achieving a best placing.

I wonder id Spenny can get this odds on shot beat here at Kempton?

The tv, media and BHA never asked any questions about Eddie Ahearn and Dean McEwan for long enough. When it was quite obvious
to a lot of punters what was going on. This will be the same .The last thing they want is bad publicity, their hope is it will drift away and all the punters will carry on ,and keep lining the pockets of these cowards.

Spenny spent. 

know all - Apologies, I cannot seem to highlight your earlier post. You make very good points. All I will add is that its not just 'end of career' jockeys that pull strokes, especially on the sand. In the mid 2000s, a future champion jockey (and classic winner) was clearly up to no good as well.

Anyone remember Fallon getting beat on the aw on a horse that was fully ten lengths clear at the furlong?
They were gnashing and wailing on here that day! 

Lingfield…Balding…

the ride where they removed it from all social media and replay sites..?

he got 3 weeks lmfao

ballinger ridge

That was it.  Thanks Michael.
Jack Hogan just rode a winner really well at Ludlow, having to switch and come from behind after a sustained battle - worth watching the finish.

hong kong fooey 06 Jan 23 15:18 
The tv, media and BHA never asked any questions about Eddie Ahearn and Dean McEwan for long enough.

spot on...the bha simply do not want controversy.

any links to where that ridge ride is..? they all appear to have disappeared.

There was worse than KF, as much as I disliked him. Others continued the fiddle. Its mad to think now, but on the early/mid 2000s Irish trainers stopped sending horses to winter AW meetings in England. Went over with good chances, but were told by the jockeys cabal 'not winning today.' As I said earlier, one of the tricksters became a champion.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/fallon-threw-race-on-ballinger-ri...

Kieren Fallon was yesterday accused of systematic corruption to protect the interests of a fraudulent betting syndicate. The race-fixing trial at the Old Bailey was told that the six-times champion jockey had sought to prevent numerous horses from winning, though he was not always able to do so. And even those bungles, which cost the scam hundreds of thousands of pounds, had served to betray his involvement, because they had resulted in angry changes in strategy.

Fallon is among six defendants, including two other riders, facing a charge of conspiracy to defraud customers of the online betting exchange, Betfair. They all deny the allegations against them.

Resuming his opening submissions, Jonathan Caplan QC claimed that Fallon had thrown a race that was palpably within the grasp of his mount. Riding Ballinger Ridge, at Lingfield in March 2004, Fallon appeared to stop riding as he entered the home straight with a huge lead. Fallon told a stewards' inquiry at the time that he had given the horse "a breather", being afraid that the horse might become "legless". After Ballinger Ridge was caught close home by another horse, Rye, the stewards found Fallon guilty of an error of judgement. But Caplan said that they could not be aware of the bigger picture at the time.

Uniquely among the 27 races listed for the jury, in this case the Jockey Club had previously alerted officials at the track that Ballinger Ridge had been laid to lose a large amount of money.

Caplan claimed that Fergal Lynch, one of the other jockeys charged, had in this instance acted as an intermediary between Fallon and Miles Rodgers, who is alleged to have orchestrated the conspiracy and controlled a number of Betfair accounts.

Charting telephone and text traffic, Caplan told the jury that Rodgers had called Lynch several times before the race, and that Lynch had sent Fallon a text at 1.40pm. Rodgers spoke to Lynch for a final time 10 minutes before the race, and two minutes later began to lay Ballinger Ridge to lose over £72,000. When Rye caught Fallon's horse the bet won over £26,000.

An Australian expert, who will be giving evidence during the trial, had viewed a video of the race and concluded that this was "not a marginal case of a jockey inadvertently dropping his hands". Caplan said that Ray Murrihy will tell the jury how Ballinger Ridge was still running within himself passing the two furlong pole, five or six lengths clear. "But Mr Fallon then dramatically slows his momentum to the point where he is doing virtually nothing," Caplan said. "Prior to the furlong marker Mr Fallon turns and looks back. The other runners are four to five lengths behind. Mr Fallon eases the horse down, which would send the message to the horse that the race was over. Mr Fallon looks round again at the half-furlong and sees, or presumably sees, Rye coming."

Caplan then claimed that Fallon only tried to get Ballinger Ridge to renew his effort once Rye was going past, by which stage he had lost momentum. "There is no legitimate reason why Mr Fallon would need to be looking back and steadying his horse down with a furlong to go," he said. The jury would have to decide whether this was a terrible mistake, or whether Fallon wanted Rye to beat his mount.

Fallon, Lynch, Rodgers and three others deny conspiring to make 27 horses lose between December 2002 and September 2004. The accused are: Fallon, 42, formerly of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, but now of Tipperary, Ireland; Lynch, 29, of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire; a third jockey, Darren Williams, 29, of Leyburn, North Yorkshire; Lynch's brother, Shaun, 37, of Belfast; Rodgers, 38, of Silkstone, South Yorkshire; and Philip Sherkle, 42, of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Rodgers also denies concealing the proceeds of crime. All the defendants are on bail.

Caplan said that the prosecution would illustrate its concerns about several other rides. He indicated that Murrihy had reservations about the tactics used by Lynch and Williams in the majority of their rides under review. In Fallon's case, Murrihy was unhappy with six of his 17 rides – Ballinger Ridge, Doctor Hilary, Lost Soldier Three, Goodwood Spirit, Barking Mad and Beauvrai – even though the latter pair had both won. For various reasons, Fallon had been unable to stop three others from winning, as well, while in the other races there had been no need for any intervention.

The jury was told that Fallon's wins, far from exonerating him, demonstrated his involvement in the conspiracy. Caplan said his success on Russian Rhythm, in much the most prestigious race under review, cost the conspirators £160,000. "The prosecution case here is that Rodgers and the other conspirators were clearly expecting the horse to lose under Mr Fallon, but something went wrong," Caplan said. "The prosecution cannot say precisely what went wrong, but we can and do say that Shaun Lynch was seen as an unreliable intermediary after this and eventually was replaced... by Mr Philip Sherkle."

During the days after Russian Rhythm's success, Caplan claimed that urgent attempts were made to meet Fallon, and possibly to confront him. Rodgers and Shaun Lynch went to Leicester racecourse and had given Fallon and another jockey a lift to a nearby airport. A week later Shaun Lynch made concerted efforts to set up a meeting, at one stage sending Fallon 17 texts.

That night, along with Shaun Lynch, Sherkle and another man, Rodgers was observed driving at 1am towards the village where Fallon was living. But he turned around after confronting an unmarked police car. They would not have known that its driver was a surveillance officer, Caplan said, but they were obviously concerned that they might be being watched. "The prosecution suggests that this incident is completely inconsistent with any suggestion that might be made by the defence that Fallon was simply tipping Mr Sherkle and Mr Rodgers," Caplan emphasised.

In August 2004, Fergal Lynch and Rodgers had flown to Spain, and Caplan said that a ticket had also been purchased for Fallon, but that he failed to show up for the flight. An undercover policeman was also aboard and, after they disembarked at Malaga, Rodgers was overheard to tell Lynch: "When you meet the big man, play up to him. He's coming down internally." Caplan claimed that they had travelled to meet one of the unknown conspirators.

The trial continues today.

Under the spotlight: The 27 races alleged to have been fixed

KIEREN FALLON

Ballinger Ridge

Lingfield, 2 March 2004

Liability £72,312

Result 2nd of 10.

Profit £26,599.

Russian Rhythm

Newbury, 15 May

2004

Liability £160,256

Result 1st

Loss £160,256

Levitator

Warwick, 14 June 2004

Liability £79,276

Result 2nd of five

Profit £10,842

Krynica

Pontefract, 20 June 2004

Liability £165,905

Result 1st

Loss £165,905

Bubbling Fun

Lingfield, 30 June

2004

Liability £58,599

Result 3rd of 11

Profit £11,323

Bonecrusher

Epsom, 8 July

2004

Liability £101,967

Result: 5th of six

Profit £20,943

Right Answer

York, 10 July 2004

Liability £120,895

Result 2nd of 10

Profit £20,334

Favour

Doncaster, 15 July

2004

Liability £100,876

Result 7th of 11

Profit £12,286

Doctor Hilary

Ayr, 19 July 2004

Liability £106,567

Result 2nd of eight

Profit £25,110

Daring Aim

Newmarket, 23 July 2004

Liability £105,078

Result 1st

Loss £105,078

Dubai Venture

Ayr, 6 August

2004

Liability £57,616

Result 6th of 14

Profit £3,843

Lost Soldier Three

Newbury, 13 Aug 2004

Liability £77,849

Result 2nd of eight

Profit £18,929

Goodwood Spirit

Goodwood, 14 August 2004

Liability £116,738

Result 3rd of nine

Profit £29,822

Rangoon

Goodwood, 14 August 2004

Liability £89,065

Result 2nd of five

Profit £36,486

Dial Square

Yarmouth, 16 August

2004

Liability £39,927

Result 17th of 20

Profit £2,692

Barking Mad

Windsor, 23 August

2004

Liability £106,832

Result 1st

Loss £106,832

Beauvrai

Yarmouth, 24 August 2004

Liability £19,140

Result 1st

Loss £19,140

FERGAL LYNCH

CD Europe

Southwell, 18 February

2003

Liability £35,784

Result 8th of 10

Profit £1,973

South Atlantic

Thirsk, 10 May

2003

Liability £35,723

Result 2nd of 18

Profit £16,623

Kristikhab

Carlisle, 16 July

2004

Liability £25,623

Result 7th of 10

Profit £4,986

Bond Babe

Ripon, 31 August

2004

Liability £64,084

Result 3rd of 13

Profit £12,466

Familiar Affair

Ripon, 31 August

2004

Liability £43,328

Result 1st

Loss £43,328

Bond City

Ripon, 31 August 2004

Liability £68,763

Result 2nd of eight

Profit £12,537

DARREN WILLIAMS

Legal Set

Lingfield, 30 Dec 2002

Liability £73,820

Result: 3rd of 14

Profit £20,759

Chispa

Newcastle, 24 March 2003

Liability £13,362

Result 3rd of 14

Profit £1,260

Romil Satr

Southwell, 25 June 2004

Liability £92,125

Result 2nd of nine

Profit £16,335

Wares Home

Yarmouth, 30 June 2004

Liability £90,804

Result 3rd of 11

Profit £16,556

never really understood why balinger ridge went so far clear then made it look blatant.

Creeps….I remember it all too well

Fallon comes on tv and they drool….

has Ray Murrihy seen the Newcastle race ??

Perhaps Mr Dwyer can be asked on RTV about the Mulrennan ride as he is the guest on the programme at this very moment.

he would answer with something to hopefully pacify.

I doubt if he would pacify many on here or anywhere else to be honest.

Jan 6, 2023 -- 4:16PM, Rico-Dangleflaps wrote:

never really understood why balinger ridge went so far clear then made it look blatant.

You would have to think he just didn't care by that time,

It made no sense

I see Paul on one for Charles Hills…

Absolute vermin, should be warned off for sure. The guys doing it deliberately, taking the pish out of all punters.

CAN'T , but unsurprisingly has.

Im sure it will be picked up and given the full treatment by the opening show.

I hope Adele is on the show, she will give it straight. cheers.

I haven’t done the sums but there’s half a dozen winners in the list Sparrow posted. All those were to big liabilities too. Makes you wonder if the risk/reward is worth it. Was there even a profit from those posted?

It makes you wonder what goes through a jockeys head when he’s throwing a race and finds himself in front. Dilemma time. Win it or make it blatantly obvious by losing it.

a strange carry on, interesting to see how its ridden Tuesday..

You can’t rewind the tape…ffs

did he ride today may have spent all day reading this forum pmsl

he's been on my can't touch list for many years now and any experienced race watcher can see that the very fact that he is a VERY GOOD jockey is why he's gotten away with it for as long as he has...I'd say around 1 in 20 of his rides warrant serious investigation by stewards/BHA but is that happening - no way!!

it was particularly galling last year when Jim Goldie was having an absolute worldie, although it was very noticeable that mulrennan rode fewer shockers on Goldie horses than he had in the past

there will always be some smart donkey ancestor piping up with a 'why don't you lay him' but since only a few in the know, know when he's going to pull a shocker, that would only clear out your account, because as I say above he is a VERY GOOD jockey and rides for some good stables

^^usually when riding a favourite,but he is a very good jockey that’s why some of his rides are questionable

hong kong fooey 06 Jan 23 09:47
This jockey was proven to be a wrong with his mate in India. British racing just ignored that.

Hang on a tick, hkf, I'm not sure about them being "ignored", didn't RTV make one of them an "ambassador", and the other is sat there on their comfy sofa picking up a wage every Friday?

But here's my take on it...

I don't think there have been any dodgy rides by Mulrennan at Newcastle. As the dealer says, sometimes they're not going much pace and horses that have been held up don't get the breaks, or horses are falling back into their laps, which has happened with this horse and Rory on occasions at Newcastle.

What they could have done him for on this latest one imo, was the tender handling when he was in the clear and maybe with more vigorous effort he might have got 4th place.

Was discussed on the barstewards' sunday sermon this evening where old forum hero jonjo is one of the panelists, and sorry to disappoint you basilbrush, but they didn't put the boot in

from around 51 minutes in

https://twitter.com/BarstewardsThe/status/1612168643411951617

the c ant cost me £250, if it was an ill judged ride I could forgive him but that was downright blatant, non trier material imho, cheers.

As an avid follower of"Call me Ginger"I'd like to put up at least 20 cases for consideration!

Doesn't look like Calvin and co. will be discussing the ride on "weighed in"...Bin Ryllie and Barry Orr no doubt looking after their seats on the train

Any other stable and rider it would be in the tracker…..but not this pair….unfortunately..

Loads of interest if it runs tomorrow

Barry Orr. Must go to confession after every sentence.

And when it gets beat Thursday some will say "I told it was a dodge".

*told you

The NH is worse….surprised it goes unnoticed

And when it gets beat Thursday some will say "I told it was a dodge"

think it has to lose next time as well, you'd imagine they'll have had a chat & agreed it will look even worse if it comes out and hacks up ... possibly unlucky again ? pulled off heels until detached last, ran on.  eyecatcher (again).

Was discussed on"Weighed In"..just towards the very end of the pod...not condemning the ride but TC agreeing that it looked bad but with no head on impossible to fairly judge...he's looking for a link for a viewing of the head on..

Mulrennan has nobbled the TV guys to have the head-on wiped.

Head on isn't needed to determine Y the moron chose avoided left(where winner came up beside him) to go right. It's like if you're feeling sick and are challenged to eat either petit four or finish giant mountain of chocolate cake..

He got away with it and it will happen again….get over it…

i'm not getting over it I am still fackin raging.cheers.

You can’t rewind bairn….

aye I know ace, but it was the way he pulled the horse, so blatant it was stupidity of the highest order, we all know what is going on , most of it is hidden but that ride was incredibly beyond belief. cheers.

ace, do you work for the BHA?

No but I’ve seen it all and it won’t change…the industry has been stinking for years….imv

Fortunately for me on the one and only occasion I was told about one

Crowd whispering at Hamilton in a huddle…I knew the rider quite well to speak to

I asked him regarding a horse entered in two races at Ayr….sharp reply…he runs in the seven furlong race…he won’t get beat….don’t be scared to punt it

Punted it accordingly…..one furlong out my ticket was crumpled and ready for the bin

A bunch all flashing away to the line…won a neck….I thought WTF did I just witness…gambled off the boards

A wink from the rider

It happens it will continue ….imo…

Late ninties…

And there was no exchanges then…

Mulrennan must've been in charge of that failed rocket. It wasn't off a yard.

Did you get a nice price, ace?...(at Hamilton)

11/2

Bottled it…went to Ayr with a grand ending with £350….Macbet….

Asked him at Hamilton …horse ran at Ayr on the Saturday….

Well said bairn, you;re entitled to rage at fraud.

Ffs

Kracken Power runs Thursday 15:35 Newcastle

Jo Mason on board. Also declared tomorrow at Newcastle with the forum's favourite jockey.

Rage is not good guys,it's not good for the health. Rage is one of the seven deadly sins,they are not worth it, I know it's annoying, but what's done is done.

whats happening about this one, haven't heard much about this rider or horse lately...

Found a nice way through on that winner, no problem at all.

BF SP 32.0 - level stake profit tonight on Paul no matter what :D

Win three lengths pulling up Oi Oi

Most genuine horse, proof if ever it were needed he pulled it the last time he was on it

the ride on 4th Jan 2023 get your emails in to the BHA.

Why win 3 grand in one race on one day when you can win 7 grand in two races in two days,plan been executed perfectly.

If that race on Jan 4th had been in France or USA. Every pundit would have called the jockey out.
But in them two countries the stewards would  have done their job properly, instead of burying their heads in the sand  as  the Newcastle stewards did. Everyone has keeps their seat on the gravy no feathers rustled.

The gravy train has a very long waiting list to get aboard, if you fall off you can never get back on. What a country.

if your living is dependent on the integrity of the sport, the last thing you're going to do is bring into question the integrity of the sport.

and therein lies the problem with the gravy train.

The gravey train keeps on going
...... but for how long? ...For the future of our Sport we Love, Bookmakers should of been Farmers, instead they turned into Hunters!

Been stinking since day one….

NH trainer once said he hasn’t punted since he stopped riding ffs…

Ex Newmarket trainer blew a gasket in the nanny goat shop on Hamilton racecourse watching one of his win at an away meeting

‘I’ll fkn have him’ four large on the second….instructions to pull his…ffs

I must clarify, I don't mean the rail Bookmakers, I'm talking about the online ones disguised as bookmakers but are in fact casinos. Entain are in bed with the gambling commission.

THE HORSEWATCHERS using Mulrennan now i see...

interesting...

very interesting.

Im sure one of the Dixon brothers will tell all on tv if Mulrenan stops one of theirs.

Stops one of theirs,I thought that was the whole idea of getting Mulrennan.