Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

davetheflower
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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Can someone put the replay up.

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BATMAN
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

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What happens these days is with merit ratings everyone wants to win by a close margin.

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ColinP
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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Bob Brogan wrote:

ColinP wrote: Why the negative around Gift Bob?

I'm being the opposite, check my posts on that days Fairview

I did see your post Bob that's why I don't understand your question here
in anycase the filly will prove you guys wrong and as Sheza has rightfully pointed out the winner had all the right to and it was Gifts mount that ran a forward race and also don't forget Cheyne is an old hand

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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

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davetheflower wrote:

naresh wrote: I saw the replay. He tried to hold onto her as long as he can and when he did start to ride her more vigorously from about the 150m mark she found nothing. Beaten by a better horse.

poor ride in my opinion,if your happy with it,then your easily pleased.
Riding from the 150metres mark was the problem,he should have put he's head down and kicked on earlier.
He got vigorous to late and only when he saw the winner coming up.

Mr Hawaii explanation is better than mine and summed it up best. I doubt Gift could do much more. Same like Ice Machine who was travelling far superior than others, saying Anton could have gone earlier but we know Ice Machine as stamina doubts so he was conserving Ice Machine. Thanks.

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Bokked
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

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And what about Gift's ride on ROCKABELLA in the first race last Friday?

No one mentioning that one of the best backed horses on the day (favourite) has something wrong with its equipment.

I know that there are health and safety issues for tampering with a jockey's equipment, but surely professionals check and double check something as crucial as a saddle. The old cynic in me says that it was just too easy a set up.

Seems the only "Gift's" that were being handed out at that race meeting were to the bookies...

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Shield
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Bokked wrote: And what about Gift's ride on ROCKABELLA in the first race last Friday?

No one mentioning that one of the best backed horses on the day (favourite) has something wrong with its equipment.

I know that there are health and safety issues for tampering with a jockey's equipment, but surely professionals check and double check something as crucial as a saddle. The old cynic in me says that it was just too easy a set up.

Seems the only "Gift's" that were being handed out at that race meeting were to the bookies...

will they make that mistake if the stable had backed the horse ?

next time bigger price the stable will back and will win

welcome to racing

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ColinP
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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Rockabella had no form to win the race
that's for sure

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oscar
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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Im not so sure about that ride to be honest..Gift lovely guy but I really dunno why he couldn't keep the horse straight by changing whip to left hand?

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whoah
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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Owner through toys out pram and asked for an inquiry to be opened, never got it.Doubt he will ride for him again

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Bokked
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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From memory Rockabella finishes (nominally, before disqualification) about 5th in the race only a few lengths off the winner.

Any sort of help from the saddle, she wins by 3 lengths.

Gift rides two of the horses that receive the most weight of money on the day (Rockabella O/P 18-10 S/P 14-10 ... La Rebel O/P 4-1 S/P 2-1) and both lose under very dubious circumstances...

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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

9 years 10 months ago

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they are saying Groom saddled Rockabelle

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Bokked
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Re: Gifts ride on Friday made the papers

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whoah wrote: they are saying Groom saddled Rockabelle

Understandably so.

And the jockey or the trainer would not check the equipment because any jockey would trust their lives on the execution and set up of a bloke who earns a couple of grand a month.

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