https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarnedI watched the Limerick race in the Curragh,thought Barry Cash got a soft enough but kept up his gallop and won easily.Noble Emperor needed a tow to close that gap,he didnt get it,he is however a horse that previously landed a monster punt in Punchesthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548429797#548429797The Noble Emperor appeal has just got underway at The Turf Club. After approx one hour Turf Club barrister Louis Weston has concluded his questioning of Barry Geraghty.Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:44:08 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548347103#548347103Alan Sweetman is an excellent journalist with a good sense of integrity about it but he has become rather anodyne in recent years certainly in comparison with Kevin Blake in terms of frank expression on the important nitty gritty racing issues of theSat, 09 Apr 2016 15:34:07 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548312057#548312057Good article by Alan Sweetman in todays Racing Post re this incident. Wonder do the stewards read the Racing Post ?Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:07:52 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548306845#548306845It is a pity barry got a bad start.If he had got a good one he would have been able to get some cover behind Velocity Boy.It is a front runners track after all.Maybe barry did not know this?I see Noble Emperors mark went up a pound.So the handicaperTue, 05 Apr 2016 17:50:33 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548302311#548302311I find myself totally in agreement here R.A. Yet the Trump, Palin, tone is ironic...Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:38:05 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548302211#548302211the increase in VAT for racehorse buyers also brought threats of boycotts that have already been withdrawn after a token resistance at one sale. Lots of talk lately of "bully pulpits" and face them and their modus operandum down is the way to go. LetTue, 05 Apr 2016 10:24:35 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548299557#548299557There is a card that is so high and wild you can only play it an odd time.After the Fairyhouse incident a visit was paid to the Curragh.An Aga Khan type threat was issued,it was taken seriously leading to the subsequent climbdown.Will this card be plTue, 05 Apr 2016 04:36:53 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548299413#548299413Strikes me that the trainer aspect of the situation may have been the big factor in the equation . I also wonder why this should happen in of all places JP's homeland where he is very well regarded for a variety of reasons .Re stewards , as far as ITue, 05 Apr 2016 04:05:50 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548299223#548299223i wasnt looking at the race live as i was at a match.the first i knew of it was a text i got.i came home and viewed it ?.my first thought was i had missed something?.i will as i always have done agree that this crowd get away with it big time both siTue, 05 Apr 2016 03:16:40 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30674803/they-must-have-been-forewarned?post_id=548297411#548297411Blaming the starter is a red herring as none of the other jockeys were arsed in the slightest to get anywhere near the start in line with the leader and the race was over before the first hurdle - good blog by Kevin Blake on the ATR website about itMon, 04 Apr 2016 17:16:55 -0500