bad day for becker

[the galah]

race 5 at hawera today. You had to feel sorry for the horse becker.

shortly after the start it appears the horse(i'm all in-k coppins), drawn to its outside is allowed to drift in slightly and its back leg makes contact with beckers sulky,causing i'm all in to gallop,then that horse runs in when in a gallop and then this time its front leg makes significant contact with beckers sulky catipulting the driver of becker out of the sulky and giving her little option but to let go .

so becker starts off running around after the 3 horses in front of it as another 3 behind it chase just behind it.

but waits theres more.

down the back straight the horse nearest to becker driven by j dunn jnr, wisely takes the option of giving the driverless becker a wide berth when close to becker,but then n delany on a following horse seemed to think  its a good idea to pocket becker in close to the track markers.So delany improves to ahead of becker and starts running in on him.

so as delany does that, you get this line of 4 horses,the widest being driven by c hackett who had galloped at the start. The c hackett seems to be unhappy about running wider due to the driverless horse, so she angles her horse in,dictating j dunns line who in turn has no option but to dictate n delanys line,as hes inside him.

now, of course,you could see what was going to happen as this  unfolded.

whats going to happen to poor old becker,who's still inside n delany as delany was trying to,well i'm not sure to be honest.

what does happen.Becker gets forced over the markers ,tries to avoid them but has nowhere to go as hackett and delany are both electing to cut him off,and becker frantically tries to stay on his feet, but eventually falls and makes slight contact  with delany on the way down.

personally i felt quite sorry for the horse as none of it was his fault.

there were some very unusual driving tactics in that race ,thats for sure.

my guess though is the stipes report will say,no driver was to blame,even though there was.

Edited 3 hours ago by the galah

[Forbury]

51 minutes ago, the galah said:

race 5 at hawera today. You had to feel sorry for the horse becker.

shortly after the start it appears the horse(i'm all in-k coppins), drawn to its outside is allowed to drift in slightly and its back leg makes contact with beckers sulky,causing i'm all in to gallop,then that horse runs in when in a gallop and then this time its front leg makes significant contact with beckers sulky catipulting the driver of becker out of the sulky and giving her little option but to let go .

so becker starts off running around after the 3 horses in front of it as another 3 behind it chase just behind it.

but waits theres more.

down the back straight the horse nearest to becker driven by j dunn jnr, wisely takes the option of giving the driverless becker a wide berth when close to becker,but then n delany on a following horse seemed to think  its a good idea to pocket becker in close to the track markers.So delany improves to ahead of becker and starts running in on him.

so as delany does that, you get this line of 4 horses,the widest being driven by c hackett who had galloped at the start. The c hackett seems to be unhappy about running wider due to the driverless horse, so she angles her horse in,dictating j dunns line who in turn has no option but to dictate n delanys line,as hes inside him.

now, of course,you could see what was going to happen as this  unfolded.

whats going to happen to poor old becker,who's still inside n delany as delany was trying to,well i'm not sure to be honest.

what does happen.Becker gets forced over the markers ,tries to avoid them but has nowhere to go as hackett and delany are both electing to cut him off,and becker frantically tries to stay on his feet, but eventually falls and makes slight contact  with delany on the way down.

personally i felt quite sorry for the horse as none of it was his fault.

there were some very unusual driving tactics in that race ,thats for sure.

my guess though is the stipes report will say,no driver was to blame,even though there was.

The use less stewards failed in there duty of care put the life's of the drivers and horses at risk!  As it happened at the start the race should of been called off and rerun.The stewards are paid nothing they are just useless. In France race gets called off and rerun! They do not put the horses and drivers at risk of injury or death

[Brodie]

25 minutes ago, Forbury said:

The use less stewards failed in there duty of care put the life's of the drivers and horses at risk!  As it happened at the start the race should of been called off and rerun.The stewards are paid nothing they are just useless. In France race gets called off and rerun! They do not put the horses and drivers at risk of injury or death

It appeared that several of the drivers thought the race was going to be called off by their actions!

Personally think it should have been but then I am not a stipe.

Think Becker may have stood on the loose reins down the back straight.

[the galah]

40 minutes ago, Brodie said:

It appeared that several of the drivers thought the race was going to be called off by their actions!

Personally think it should have been but then I am not a stipe.

Think Becker may have stood on the loose reins down the back straight.

i watched the race many times before posting.

the reins were out the back and don't see the reins being a factor in why becker fell..

i think its prety clear becker got cut off by delany wanting to do so about 100m before falling,not sure what on earth delany was thinking.

then c hackett doing the same just prior to becker falling,without any apparent thought of what was happening inside her.

things like that shouldn't happen,but they do up there. i have said a few times,i think its an indication of lack of oversight by those in control and maybe inexperience and sometimes like today,just lack of common sense.

1 hour ago, Forbury said:

The use less stewards failed in there duty of care put the life's of the drivers and horses at risk!  As it happened at the start the race should of been called off and rerun.The stewards are paid nothing they are just useless. In France race gets called off and rerun! They do not put the horses and drivers at risk of injury or death

the stewards could have called it off,but really who could have anticipated the driving of those involved in becker falling.

Edited 1 hour ago by the galah