the galah Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 In race 7 at wyndham today,i see this horse totted for 2 strides,then broke at the start,when seemingly in the clear and a good 2 1/2 lengths behind the horse in front of it.The horse in front of it wasn't breaking or losing momentum. So it was interesting to read it didn't get a warning,and in fact the stipes decided its starting manners were so good that it no longer has to race off the unruly. Seems the stipes noted that jimmy carter had moved out slightly as soon as the start took place,and that by doing that,he ran in the part of the track that madrik wanted to,so madrik breaking was in fact jimmy carters fault. My point is ,if the standard to meet the criteria of good starting manners is what we saw madrik do,then how come they have been giving warnings to other horses in similar circumstances who break when they have a horse running in front of them?Makes you wonder sometimes. I'm guessing now madrik is off the unruly,next time he will be advantaged by being given a running start,as the starter won't want to wait, as he knows the horse consistently struggles to stand still and will delay the start if he doesn't give it that running start. Time will tell i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Race 1 kowhai sundown, at wyndham. Drew outside of the unruly yet started in front of the others on the front line.No mention of that either. All a bit strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Well Madrik i suppose got sent to the unruly again today,I say supposed,because viewers of trackside were advised another horse was sent to the unruly, but no mention of madrik. But he certainly started outside the horse drawn on the unruly. He wasn't there when they first tried to get them all to line up,but was at the second attempt. Several horses being rather fidgety pre start didn't help madrik or each other. The unfortunate thing about that race was backers of the favorite jimmy carter thought they were backing a horse drawn the outside of the unruly,which is where jimmy carter prefers. But unfortunately for his supporters madrik ended up starting outside him and galloped at the start,and then checked jimmy carter out of the race. All a bit unfortunate, but predictable enough once there was to be no running start for anyone in that race. Maybe madrik will officially go back to the unruly next time. Who knows. Edited April 13, 2023 by the galah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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