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On appeal, will run, cruises into contention at last, jockey gives him a few backhanders, horse veers violently to the stand side and loses by a head to Gimli's Rock!

Personally I hope that TRA and his likeable trainer gets truly stuffed...

Sorry, I think that's more than one word...

Report thegalwayman • July 24, 2011 9:28 PM BST

On an unrelated point, if any of my forum enemies would like to meet for a scrap during the week, name the time and place.

Report somedougal • July 24, 2011 9:51 PM BST

yes

Report timidpeopleruleok • July 24, 2011 10:18 PM BST

thegalwayman
do you mean a scrap or scrap, was the "a" a mistake?

Report JayTrumpOldTomDubbl • July 24, 2011 10:48 PM BST

Yes and I expect him to be well galloped all week in Killenaule and fin mid div,,,,(overtrained)[;)]

Report Vubiant • July 24, 2011 11:12 PM BST

Or was the initial 's' an error ?

Report sinndar001 • July 24, 2011 11:18 PM BST

No bother thegalwayman. I'll be standing outside The Kings Head every night with a stern look on my face. I'm 6ft 2' bald, dressed in black.

Report downallstar • July 24, 2011 11:52 PM BST

No, if you fancy something back it before they chuck TRA out tmw!

Report Giant Strides • July 25, 2011 12:34 AM BST

I`m still baffled as to the wisdom of not wanting to win a €35k pot! Anything could go wrong in 10 days or during the race, especially around this dog track. He would still have gone close under a penalty.
Has to be a no for the folly of it all.

Report jolly buoy • July 25, 2011 5:13 AM BST

YES(but then you won't be surprised prospero) From earlier posts, I stand by the comments I have made. However, from my experiences of racing in Ireland that, in generic terms is what I have found. However I have always respected and read with interest your own comments and those of Platinni as I believe they are well reasoned and based on sound logic.

Report downallstar • July 25, 2011 10:10 AM BST

The penalty was at the discretion of the hcapper though, wasn't just gonna be 6lbs, they knew what he had in hand. Hope he gets banned.

Report neill d • July 25, 2011 10:33 AM BST

How certain must they be of the bigger pot if they forego the smaller one?

Report punchestown • July 25, 2011 11:25 AM BST

Will it look worse or better if they ban him?,that's what the powers that be have to decide as it's a slam dunk that TRA has to be banned etc.etc.

Personally I hope they throw the book and the whole library at EJO'G and whoever else was responsible.

Report Giant Strides • July 25, 2011 1:03 PM BST

Yes das. I know about the fluid nature of the penalty, so therein lies the problem.
The system was designed to stop this type of situation developing, where a very well handicapped horse could not disguise his ability until after the weights of a big h`cap, and then just pick up a fixed penalty they could defy.
Because o`Grady didn`t know what they would be penalised for giving 4lbs to a horse rated 18lbs higher(I think. Open to correction), then they decided to not give it the full treatment in Tipp.
Would anyone know what`s the biggest penalty any horse has received since this system was introduced and hazard a guess at what he would have got had he won there?

Report Giant Strides • July 25, 2011 1:19 PM BST

The`re free to run!

Report BJG • July 25, 2011 1:21 PM BST

Love to know what the technicality is

Report Giant Strides • July 25, 2011 1:21 PM BST

They`re*
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