bing bongs at the Curragh...

Ben Coen must have been watching Joe Fanning the other day imv.

tricky one  was the 2nd closing at the line  no    and fpp fav stewards betting

4/6 to stand was crazy...may go....probs should...may not

no doubt it's a tricky one...

not involved personally...

but if i was a stewards he'd get the boot.

only things for certain the 3rds not going to get it

Thrice 1.5 now...

you'd certainly think it's hard to give it to the 3rd scooby.

minutes into a mature market total flip flop    someone been given the nod ?

there was a major flip flop the other day howard...

and they got it wrong...

or hooverers hit the wrong button..

can't remember now tbh.

they might file it in the too difficult to judge category in that do they make the winner 3rd ??

Thrice 1.44 now...

I layed the third at 50

if Thrice gets it i suppose they could put the Aga Khan horse 3rd scooby...

it interfered with the 3rd who interfered with Thrice.

revised

correct decision

poor effort from Coen that...

young lad and all that but poor imv.

Had to be.  Layed Thrice for some but right call to demote Coen's mount.

had too really considering it done most of the field !

btw fair play to Fran Berry for saying poor from Coen...

as someone who regulary sl@gs them off for saying nowt it would have been easy to say horse hung etc...

shouldn't have to praise them for saying what they see but that's what it's come to now i'm afraid to say.

straight after the race didn't he say fpp would keep it though ?

i didn't hear that tbh howard.

Changed his mind after viewing the different angles

only to get the 2.7

tbf the market flipped as well

Believe what you see not what you hear.


Howard

Nice soccer thread for the lower leagues mate , not had a soccer bet since 2007 but threw a tenner on at 20/1 with 365 as you were pretty convincing   

May 23, 2025 -- 7:27PM, 1st time poster wrote:

only to get the 2.7

Fran hoovered up NAP

fwiw these are the best two pundits on tv. Although the voice is usually the link man.

Fran is from good stock. He also punts. Just gets it.

nice to hear hayden hoping Oldham get beat I want my team ycfc to beat 'em next season.

howard, i didn't think you had a hope esp when they got stuffed 3-0 in the very next game, wd

Aga Khan horse demoted to 3rd scooby...

which is the correct decision imv.

scoobytoo 23 May 25 19:02 
4/6 to stand was crazy...may go....probs should...may not

@rse full of spelks ffs?

sp without the bmp the 2nd would have won the race? walofs

ps..if you aint laid the 3rd full bank ewe are abso clueless.

shud av been no price.

I concur Rico

was there more interference further back from what they've shown here from 2:29?

.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5iuv-DlR0M

the interference was 1:50

didnt realise winner was placed 3rd...so stewards took the view the winner has cost the 3rd a closer place.

stewards clearly took the decision that the original 3rd would have beaten the original winner without the interference Mr.Hunt...

which was the correct decision as stated at 20:27 last night.

the Raceday Stewards were of the opinion that B.M. Coen was in breach of Rule 214 in that he had ridden carelessly so they suspended him for four racedays. In arriving at the penalty of four days the Raceday Stewards took into account the riders clean record as well as the accuracy and honesty of his evidence.

looking at the stewards panel at the Curragh last night i see Mr C.P.Magnier...

which i found rather interesting.

Colin Magnier, a former leading amateur jockey, best known for riding For Auction to win the 1982 Champion Hurdle for Michael Cunningham, son of the late Clem Magnier, trainer. He's been on Irish stewarding panels for a long time...

ok cheers asire...

wasn't sure if there was any family connection to John Magnier but it would appear not to be the case (which is good imv).

There is a family connection in fact, but Colin's father Clem moved to County Meath in the 1950s and made his name independently of the Grange Stud operation which J Magnier took over as a teenager following the early death of his father, Tom Magnier, in 1962. Clem (1917-2015) was a fabulous character, very much his own man. In my experience, Colin, much better qualified for a stewarding role than many of his colleagues by virtue of his amateur riding career, has a similar outlook and takes his stewarding responsibilities seriously. The old Turf Club system produced some shockingly inept stewards at Irish tracks over the years, the standard under the IHRB continues to be variable (to be polite!) but C P Magnier is one whose race-reading ability and integrity are not in doubt....

glad to hear that asire...

ta.

May 24, 2025 -- 12:37AM, Rico-Dangleflaps wrote:

the interference was 1:50

gotcha

RTV should have shown the head on from approaching the 200yd marker
as there's minimal carrying from 150yds out