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1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

How was it "blatant" as in deliberate?

What was the gain?  $1,000 fine and a six week holiday during some peak races for his Employer.

He could have straightened his mount long before the post -he made no attempt to do so which means deliberate or brain fade

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3 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

How was it "blatant" as in deliberate?

What was the gain?  $1,000 fine and a six week holiday during some peak races for his Employer.

If I was his employer I'd be on the lookout for a new employee, oh that's right, he's so far in front of the rest that's a wasted exercise, silly me.

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4 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

But why deliberately do it?  Gained nothing lost a lot.

Quite.  Then it must have been brain fade then.  Whatever, for a rider of his experience the display was awful.    I agree - mostly - with folk who mutter about the standard of Sth Island jockeys...but bloody hell, he is 'supposed' to be the best we have.  If so, our problems are worse than thought.

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7 hours ago, nod said:

It does not get any worse than that -it was blatant to an extreme

Should have got 6 months minimum

Nonsense, interference took place five/six strides before winning post and was a gradual (not sudden) movement of not more than three horse widths and I'd venture that the horse in middle (blue and white colours) was equally culpable.

If you observe the head-on footage closely, the inside horse has overreacted with blinkers on and has cannoned into the hind-quarter of the middle horse which has in turn caused that rider to be dislodged.

Racing is about winners and losers, Bosson is a winner. A loser would not have won the race.

 

3 hours ago, Freda said:

Whatever, for a rider of his experience the display was awful.

FFS, Bosson won the race. If you don't want to win, put someone like Greg Caird on.

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15 minutes ago, billy connolly said:

Nonsense, interference took place five/six strides before winning post and was a gradual (not sudden) movement of not more than three horse widths and I'd venture that the horse in middle (blue and white colours) was equally culpable.

If you observe the head-on footage closely, the inside horse has overreacted with blinkers on and has cannoned into the hind-quarter of the middle horse which has in turn caused that rider to be dislodged.

Racing is about winners and losers, Bosson is a winner. A loser would not have won the race.

 

FFS, Bosson won the race. If you don't want to win, put someone like Greg Caird on.

 

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13 hours ago, Freda said:

Quite.  Then it must have been brain fade then.  Whatever, for a rider of his experience the display was awful.    I agree - mostly - with folk who mutter about the standard of Sth Island jockeys...but bloody hell, he is 'supposed' to be the best we have.  If so, our problems are worse than thought.

They are "worse than thought".

Add in difficult tracks to ride on and well....

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On 18/10/2022 at 9:50 PM, billy connolly said:

Nonsense, interference took place five/six strides before winning post and was a gradual (not sudden) movement of not more than three horse widths and I'd venture that the horse in middle (blue and white colours) was equally culpable.

If you observe the head-on footage closely, the inside horse has overreacted with blinkers on and has cannoned into the hind-quarter of the middle horse which has in turn caused that rider to be dislodged.

Racing is about winners and losers, Bosson is a winner. A loser would not have won the race.

 

FFS, Bosson won the race. If you don't want to win, put someone like Greg Caird on.

I've looked at it again and agree.  I also wonder about the ability of those behind that "fell off".  

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4 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

I've looked at it again and agree.  I also wonder about the ability of those behind that "fell off".  

Big comment considering one of them is one of NZ's most successful ever riders, the most successful ever woman rider in NZ and a multiple Premiership winner.

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7 hours ago, Reefton said:

Big comment considering one of them is one of NZ's most successful ever riders, the most successful ever woman rider in NZ and a multiple Premiership winner.

My 'namesake'  Freda White achieved her lifelong ambition, to win a National.

But she won by the original winner, ridden by the unfortunate Ronnie Weaver, weighing in light.    

I recall her shaking her head, and wiping away a tear.  I always wanted a National, she said, but not like that.

I endorse her regret, and - referring to  Bosson - if I had to 'win' a race by knocking over the opposition, I wouldn't be very happy.

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10 hours ago, Reefton said:

Big comment considering one of them is one of NZ's most successful ever riders, the most successful ever woman rider in NZ and a multiple Premiership winner.

I said months ago that Allpress has appeared to have lost her nerve.  There is a thread critical of her rides on BOAY started by someone other than  myself.  I recall her recently making comments like "you don't want to be on the onside of Riddell" etc.

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4 hours ago, Freda said:

My 'namesake'  Freda White achieved her lifelong ambition, to win a National.

But she won by the original winner, ridden by the unfortunate Ronnie Weaver, weighing in light.    

I recall her shaking her head, and wiping away a tear.  I always wanted a National, she said, but not like that.

I endorse her regret, and - referring to  Bosson - if I had to 'win' a race by knocking over the opposition, I wouldn't be very happy.

You of course Freda were the victim of some dodgy tactics in the 1000 Guineas a few years back(was it Michael Walker?).  Your filly was bloody lucky to stand up.  For someone who might have one good enough for a G1 fairly irregularly it must have been gutting.

Freda White - another of the characters that made NZ racing so great in the 50's 60's and 70's.  Especially in the jumping game but Crooks Hazlett Hillis Cochrane Winsloe Anderton Mavor.  And that's in the deep South alone(and I have no doubt left a heap out)

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If it was M Walker, the double decker Karma bus arrived good and proper, funny how things get squared up, Bosson's turn will come as will Sam W, the standard of riding is so poor, the standard of policing is trying to reinvent itself, good luck with that, at least it's a start, all we need now is the 'teaching process',.

I've said it before ad nauseam however, we had it right back in the day when you couldn't have an apprentice unless, you were an A Trainer, had been a jokey yourself, or proved to a stewards panel you possessed the appropriate skills to have/teach an apprentice/s.........mostly they got it right, sadly administration is at such a level,... that has gone out the door, and chaos reigns.....sadly.

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24 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

If it was M Walker, the double decker Karma bus arrived good and proper, funny how things get squared up, Bosson's turn will come as will Sam W,

Inevitable that if you ride long and hard enough an accident will happen.  However not particularly nice to wish ill luck on anyone.

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27 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

Inevitable that if you ride long and hard enough an accident will happen.  However not particularly nice to wish ill luck on anyone.

No I don't wish ill luck, God forbid, a jocks life is tough enough if you're not a natural lightweight, you try and miss 2 meals a day, you never ever get used to it, but reckless riding doesn't go without it's consequences, eventually it catches up.....really it does.

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