Brodie I think you must have been watching a different race. The one I watched had the driver on the $2 favourite switch from a position where it had the chance to improve without any chance of being blocked in,to take up a position behind 3 and four walls of horses in front of her. carrying the whip has no relevance to whether you take the option of a clear run,or take the option of putting your horse where it cant win. Remember this was only with 400m to run. It will be interesting to read how the stipes deal with this,as in my opinion the drive was as bad as it gets. As far as that side of things go,they really have no option but to open an inquiry as they set a precedent when they,quite rightly,looked into the drive of john morrison on mr midnight at ashburton a month or so ago. Im not of the opinion either cases were not trying,just both drives did not come anywhere near a reasonable standard. As for mr O'Connor,he does a great job,but really in what other sports do broadcasters fail to give an opinion for fear of upsetting someone. The irony of this case is that the first to admit it was a shocker drive would be the driver.
