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04 Apr 24
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...the length of war and Peace but, in essence , Tudor said he had told trainer that the horse would "benefit from a step up in trip". So instead of 2m1/2f on a galloping track like Donny he now goes in....err....a 2m race at Southwell. They are often farcical these "explanations".
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... on heavier ground.
But one of the first lessons in racing I got was that jockeys of beaten horses nearly always say it wants a longer trip, and they are almost always wrong. |
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you are spot on R. Mate of mine told me a story of a jockey saying the same thing about a an obviously dead-beat horse to connections post race. Mid-sentence the horse collapsed in the unsaddling enclosure! It was ok after a minute or so mind.
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heres an excuse from cathy gannon riding at windsor a few years ago
when asked why she kept to the near side, where the ground was wettest and everyone else went far side she said the horse goes well on soft ground so she kept to it. tremendous stuff |