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 9 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 7 hours ago by the galah

[the galah]

7 hours ago, the galah said:

 

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

well the stewards reports for the north island are always predictable.

as i predicted,todays report completely ignored the main factors in firstly,why becker lost its driver, then was knocked to the ground later in the race..

lets just analyse the stipes report and what it ommited.

1)it says becker broke shortly after the start and shifted in.It ommits to say, i'm all in,had shited in albeit not  a major inward movement,but still enough for the horse i'm all in's,hind leg to contact the sulky wheel of becker.It was that contact that lead to im all in  galloping,as what horse wouldn't when its leg action has been significantly impeded by a sulky wheel. You can actually stop the video and it shows that. If you don't believe you can see that on the video then ask yourself why does the stipes report note that im all in was treated for a laceration to the leg that i say made contact with the sulky. Its obvious where and when the contact was made,yet the stipes ignore that.

2)the stipes gave advice to j dunn for the manner in which he drove. What the heck did they do that for. Was he not just trying to avoid the runner with no driver. 

3)Why did they not question n delany for the manner in which he drove. What on earth was delany doing,becuase there is no doubt whatsover that he contributed to becker falling.

4)why did they not question c ahckett,because it was very obvious that she also contributed significantly to becker falling by forcing the horses inside her onto becker and making him fall.

5)the stipes report noted becker  jumped track markers near the 900m. Well duh,why was he jumping track markers.it was obvious.it was because the drivers outside him deliberately drove in a manner that forced becker to jump the markers

now i've got better things i could be doing than pointing out just how incomplete(being diplomatic with that word) that stipes report was.

i've said it before and this latest example again illustrates what i say about the north island stipes.

they often overlook what some drivers do and because of their failure to give proper guidance and oversight to the juniors in the north isalnd,the standards of driving is poor when compared with the south island who have proper oversight.

drivers,whether they be inexperienced or not,should still have an obligation to think of safety,not only for the drivers,but also the horsesThat did not happen today and the stipes in charge turned a blind eye.

the only driver who considered safety and i believe showed common sense was j dunn,yet he was the only driver they spoke to about the manner he drove.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by the galah