Ballinrobe Monday.

Good question,hard to see him not wanting the ride on Massini,s after one of the most controversial rides for a long time LTO.

Can easily see why he'd want to be on the fav but what with throwing in his lot with WPM this year it's a bit puzzling that he wouldn't just bite the bullet and ride the stable's entry albeit James Nash hash some connections with WPM.

Must be like a JP-AP scenario chaps

He rode Gardalito for Tony Martin against this horse in Roscommon the other evening,and Patrick rides every horse in his mothers colours,he rode primrose and blue only last night. He would never have been on the Mullins horse so he is free to ride what he likes.

Yeah jimeen,even though Alleo was a N/R Ruby wasn't going to ride but Emmett is down to ride tomorrow as there's no sign of Patrick and Ruby has definitely ridden for Mrs M before,just think it's a bit odd considering the "new" allegiance with the Trainer.

Apologies punchestown ,I wasn't aware emmett was riding,hadn't looked but assumed it was Patrick . Emmett actually rode bowfinger last night in kilbeggan as well I think although Patrick did ride the one in the novice chase. I'm sure you are right when you say Ruby has ridden in these colours,but I would say it's a few years since he has ,at least I cannot remember one in quite a while

Yes that could be right distant view,that was only 15 months ago so I was wrong again, it was sooner than I thought. I see it carried 11-2, would that be the reason ruby rode it or can Patrick ride at that weight ?, I'd say it's possible he can't

She is entitled to and I think Patrick is allowed as many rides on family owned horses as he wants over the year but is restricted as an amateur from taking over a certain number of outside rides? I am not sure of the figure.

That can be the only reason jimeen although it seems Patrick has done 11-1 in the past 12 months. Maybe he was on holiday but Ruby riding these horses is very rare.

roman general 14/1 720
musak 5/1 750

I expect profit for ew stakes.

Vedani had a quiet run there.

The winner Foot Soldier was the horse used by Coolmore to soften the cough of some big punters mainly the mixed up Kazackstan man.

That's the eight attempt between ye have ye nothing better to do,try having an ole bet.

I feel for fav backers there pa..my luck tonight as I had a bet on the winner..not sure sharks would of won anyway?

Did anyone notice a bit of shenangans with the photo in the last? Small thread on the main forum,thought there would be a bit more of an outcry about it myself.

Ya Pa,not the most subtle hoovering-they made it very obvious.I am not sure what's the story with a Betfair rep attending smaller Irish meetings these days,some days no markets on tight photos.

Danny would be on a different planet to that Patrick Mullins how he hasn't been banned for hitting horses in the wrong place I'll never know?, constantly battering horses down the rib cage I can see it but the stewards are blissfully ignorant?.

Dj think the last time i seen such blatant hoovering was Austrailia being left on debut but that is a bit different in that the result wasn,t yet known.
BF are very good in providing an explanation(by sticking a header on the top of the forum page) when the technical aspect of their live video goes down or other such trivia but unfortunately never seems to be one in cases like this.
Would presume some percentage of the money involved was by people hedging if they backed either of the first two as well as the people backing on the photo itself,not sure would the sum be very big but that is beside the point.For what it is worth never thought hospital held it but after getting caught years ago by the still not quite on the line,wary of that happening since.
Can only agree with you Wildman,certainly looks that way,whoevers money was left up was taken when the result was known and that is of course against the basis of any wager struck in that the outcome has to be uncertain.Nothing moral(that regards fallers etc) in collecting commission or premium charge from a one sided bet and as a company rather than colluding with it they should surely distance itself.

The photo betting was unusual in a couple of respects.Normally prices change very quickly once a still is shown and then only change dramatically if a different still is shown for example if C4 were covering a meeting and had a different angle to RUK.Prices often come closer together if the photo is going on longer than anticipated but this would be far more gradually.
Last night the sudden change in prices occurred about 20 seconds before the result was announced when Get Off The Stage drifted from 1.4 to 2 instantly.However the hoovering did not go all the way down to short odds on which was strange if the result was known.
The only other possibility I think is that the guy who stands on the line taking hand held pictures came up with an image which indicated to him that Hospital could well have held on.He might have been prepared to take all the odds against but not any odds on.

Sounds like someone "cleaned up" in the last 20 secs before suspension . Proving anything untoward or blaming specific people / operations always difficult as all the activity is non transparent to all but the very few involved in these situations professionally . Does anyone bet heavily on photo finishes / stewards etc ?  Know I avoid them like the plague , used to go to Phoenix Park every meeting when I was working in Dublin , you could easily lose your house betting on those photos .

That is i,m fairly sure is correct what your friend is saying. He zoomed in on the 2nd immeadiately after for a while and switched to hospital shortly before it was announced. Mrs lapsy said she had no doubt the 2nd was up on the still(same as me) but it was a head bobber and atr has before not been exactly on the line.
Still would like to know for certain the final transactions.What i thought i saw was the same as Desert Pilot on the main forum and hence the reply.