Gammalite Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Having a look how Magic Four managed to beat the Allstars Juggernaut last night , i have to say Classy Operator was the important factor. Classy Operator has had a hard career. Dylan driving him very hard once again out of the gate last night, and then pulling out into the death seat to cart the winner up driven by his father at the bell. Classy Operator had zero chance after that early burn , and then pulling out without cover a lap out. (ran 100 lengths last) Seven starts back Dylan Ferguson got 3 weeks suspension on this horse aiding and abetting a stablemate MeetmeinSorrento to win. Last night he said the Horse is going for a spell again as the excuse ???. Just 2 runs in this time up? . Questioned when beaten favourite first up last start at Auckland. No problem was found. (Attacked the leader flat out under the whip 600m out ?? faded badly in the straight.... I can tell them the problem. The horse has 'shattered confidence' from being driven like a BenHur chariot horse all the time. very sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Gammalite said: Having a look how Magic Four managed to beat the Allstars Juggernaut last night , i have to say Classy Operator was the important factor. Classy Operator has had a hard career. Dylan driving him very hard once again out of the gate last night, and then pulling out into the death seat to cart the winner up driven by his father at the bell. Classy Operator had zero chance after that early burn , and then pulling out without cover a lap out. (ran 100 lengths last) Seven starts back Dylan Ferguson got 3 weeks suspension on this horse aiding and abetting a stablemate MeetmeinSorrento to win. Last night he said the Horse is going for a spell again as the excuse ???. Just 2 runs in this time up? . Questioned when beaten favourite first up last start at Auckland. No problem was found. (Attacked the leader flat out under the whip 600m out ?? faded badly in the straight.... I can tell them the problem. The horse has 'shattered confidence' from being driven like a BenHur chariot horse all the time. very sad. Fully agree gammalite. Sad for the horse that it was driven like that. Fully agree that its confidence would be shattered,and when it runs in fields where its courage has to be called upon,i would expect it to take the easy way out. Horses aren't stupid. Having said that its that type of drive that adds excitement,and gets people talking.So if someone wants to drive too aggressively and actually comes off looking stupid,well i don't think they should receive any official penalty. It was the factor that helped set up the Magic Four win,by effectively making rasmussen go too hard to retain her position with franco indie,knowing she could not conceed to a horse that had raced so poorly at its previous start. That should have set up the race for Akuta to win,but he wsn't up to it on the night.It was still a great performance from the reid/mcmullan/p ferguson team to get the win. Also the run of Franco Mac probably put some context into how Magic Four won,and akuta underpeformed,as franco mac only just got beaten after suffering a bad check early. You would think Johnny cox would look at that race,or the Kiss The Girls drive yesterday which was far worse,and wonder maybe i should have defended that charge of not giving a horse its best opportunity. Who knows. Edited February 13, 2022 by the galah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbury Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 20 hours ago, the galah said: Fully agree gammalite. Sad for the horse that it was driven like that. Fully agree that its confidence would be shattered,and when it runs in fields where its courage has to be called upon,i would expect it to take the easy way out. Horses aren't stupid. Having said that its that type of drive that adds excitement,and gets people talking.So if someone wants to drive too aggressively and actually comes off looking stupid,well i don't think they should receive any official penalty. It was the factor that helped set up the Magic Four win,by effectively making rasmussen go too hard to retain her position with franco indie,knowing she could not conceed to a horse that had raced so poorly at its previous start. That should have set up the race for Akuta to win,but he wsn't up to it on the night.It was still a great performance from the reid/mcmullan/p ferguson team to get the win. Also the run of Franco Mac probably put some context into how Magic Four won,and akuta underpeformed,as franco mac only just got beaten after suffering a bad check early. You would think Johnny cox would look at that race,or the Kiss The Girls drive yesterday which was far worse,and wonder maybe i should have defended that charge of not giving a horse its best opportunity. Who knows. Dylan should get 100x what Jonny cox got.jonny drive was very misjudged where Dylan drive can be brought into the category of RACE FIXING............ ........................ .......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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