Happy Sunrise Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 There is an awful lot of it going on at the moment. It never seemed to happen much but there have been a few glaring examples near the finish line recently, plus a few after the start involving the odd favourite or two. Despite the understandable challenges of race day driving I think it is about time the RIU starting penalising the driver at fault as it is a very poor look and will turn punters off very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlum Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy Sunrise said: Despite the understandable challenges of race day driving I think it is about time the RIU starting penalising the driver at fault as it is a very poor look and will turn punters off very quickly. LOL how do you determine which driver is at fault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Maybe Aveross Spitfires wheels have been locked😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Happy Sunrise said: There is an awful lot of it going on at the moment. It never seemed to happen much but there have been a few glaring examples near the finish line recently, plus a few after the start involving the odd favourite or two. Despite the understandable challenges of race day driving I think it is about time the RIU starting penalising the driver at fault as it is a very poor look and will turn punters off very quickly. I think most of the punters have been turned off already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Noodlum said: LOL how do you determine which driver is at fault? Whoever is moving into the other's line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlum Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: Whoever is moving into the other's line? How the hell do you work that out if they both move? What if one driver went for a gap where there was room for his horse but not his sulky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, Noodlum said: How the hell do you work that out if they both move? What if one driver went for a gap where there was room for his horse but not his sulky? If you read my first post you will see I acknowledged the understandable challenges of race day driving. If one driver went for a gap where there was room for his horse but not his sulky then isn't that careless driving. Anyway, you tell me, how come locked wheels has become a thing recently when it barely happened before and no driver is ever at fault if horses lock wheels? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlum Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: If one driver went for a gap where there was room for his horse but not his sulky then isn't that careless driving. No because the driver may think the horse on the outside may be going the same speed or faster. Instead it stops. 25 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: Anyway, you tell me, how come locked wheels has become a thing recently when it barely happened before and no driver is ever at fault if horses lock wheels? Lack of practice? Better TV coverage or a new excuse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Locked, more like clamped some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 To be fair, we dont have too many occurrances on the whole. To my mind I would have thought that it would happen more than it actually does when you consider the closeness they actually race and speed etc. Of course it is not a lot of fun when the horse you backed, locks wheels! Just one of those things that we have to put up with I suppose in harness, just like incompetent officials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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