Mustang Kenny

Nothing sinister. Paul thought the horse had a tongue tie on and noticed as leaving birdcage that the strapper had not put it on. Had one in his pocket so handed it to Tanya to get put on. Tanya handed it back as you cant give jockeys anything. Nothing sinister, just human error on Paul’s part but not a good look and action was taken accordingly.

I would have thought the wide draw would make that the quite obvious scenario. Any good punter would no how to read the probabilities of a race.

The previous run Bluey's Chance had a good draw and attempted to utilise that by running along in the lead, which he normally enjoys. This start he had a bad draw so the decision was made by me (Kenny) in conjunction with Tanya to drop back from said draw, as to go forward risked using too much energy and getting stuck three wide. The decision paid off with Tanya giving him a lovely economical trip. So sorry but no conspiracy, no intention to defraud, just a trainer and a jockey making the best decision for the horse, the owner and the punters. It's what we are paid to do