The ride on Iroko....

blatant but to be expected

sat there with plenty under the saddle, seemingly.
maybe the horse wouldn't put it al in?

"I'll leave that to the judge as someone says quite often"

Hoiles been reading the forum?

enquiry was held into the running and riding of IROKO (IRE) ridden by Jonjo O’Neill and trained by Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero, which raced in mid-field before improving under tender handling from turning in to finish fourth beaten 5 lengths. The rider was interviewed and shown recordings of the race; the Veterinary Officer examined the gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report. O’Neill stated that his instructions were to sit mid-field and to try to get the gelding jumping, having felt that IROKO (FR) had lost his confidence after falling in his previous run at Ascot, adding that he had formed this opinion having schooled the gelding at home. The rider reported that the IROKO (IRE) had made a mistake at the third last fence, causing him to lose his left iron, and having regained the stirrup O’Neill found himself stuck to the inside of HAPPYGOLUCKY (IRE), leaving him unable to improve his position until after the second last fence. O’Neill continued that IROKO (FR) had felt in top gear throughout the race and that the geldings jumping had suffered late on as a result, leading to him jumping the last fence slowly. He finished by stating that when taking all of the above into account, he felt that he felt his hands and heels riding up the straight led to him obtaining the best possible placing. O’Neill’s explanation was noted.

The same yard did the same thing in the last, with J Reveley never placing the horse to challenge this time. Presumably the stewards were getting a flyer, so they didn't have any time to ask questions. Not that it would make any difference, when they just note the explanation and sweep the matter under the carpet.