New Posts For Thread: Are Ballydoyle Being Vindictive in the Last in Dundalk.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalkiI think he may have just won but booking Pat Smullen for Justification and punting it while Seamie Heffernan is on the outsider shows some animis between them.Why? The only riders to come close to him this year in terms of quality rides were Smullen (whose second) and Joseph (who can't do the low weights). Seems fairly straight forward to me anyway.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512148135#512148135Why? The only riders to come close to him this year in terms of quality rides were Smullen (whose second) and Joseph (who can't do the low weights). Seems fairly straight forward to me anyway.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:26:47 -0500How Murtagh is even remotely close to being champion jockey is beyond me!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512147711#512147711How Murtagh is even remotely close to being champion jockey is beyond me!Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:15:31 -0500Surely a case of them wanting to try and prevent Murtagh from becoming champion? Heffernan is also out of favour there, if you believe the rumour mill.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512147313#512147313Surely a case of them wanting to try and prevent Murtagh from becoming champion? Heffernan is also out of favour there, if you believe the rumour mill.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:06:01 -0500I think you're right wmfb. Smullens been his brother in law for years but I'm almost sure that's his first ever winner for o'Brien.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512144221#512144221I think you're right wmfb. Smullens been his brother in law for years but I'm almost sure that's his first ever winner for o'Brien.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:48:48 -0500Correct i have wronged them so.ATR abandoned Dundalk so i kind of let the race go but just spotted the gamble on Justification and was going to join in for the wrong reasons but they were off.Thanks Princesse D`Anjou bearing in mind my thread about thttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512144139#512144139Correct i have wronged them so.ATR abandoned Dundalk so i kind of let the race go but just spotted the gamble on Justification and was going to join in for the wrong reasons but they were off.Thanks Princesse D`Anjou bearing in mind my thread about tFri, 04 Nov 2011 16:46:56 -0500Isn't Smullen AOB's brother in law?Makes sense he'd want to help him win the jockeys title if possible.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512143785#512143785Isn't Smullen AOB's brother in law?Makes sense he'd want to help him win the jockeys title if possible.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:37:32 -0500animushttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512143405#512143405animusFri, 04 Nov 2011 16:29:31 -0500iI think he may have just won but booking Pat Smullen for Justification and punting it while Seamie Heffernan is on the outsider shows some animis between them.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28661539/are-ballydoyle-being-vindictive-in-the-last-in-dundalk?post_id=512143231#512143231iI think he may have just won but booking Pat Smullen for Justification and punting it while Seamie Heffernan is on the outsider shows some animis between them.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:25:15 -0500