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Harness & Greyhounds
JayJay
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This is the perfectly balanced laid back "american style" drive from a real pro....what a sweet drive on New Born Sassy from outside gate.
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The interesting thing when you read stewards reports - some times inexperienced drivers are referred back to Trevor Warwick - head of the driving school
I wonder what Tricky is telling them - what style etc - because he had a fairly long stint in the States
Pete McMullen in QLD is a very good exponent - alot of his lead all the way - at decent odds - and boot right away
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Two queries about M Grantham is the bouncing in the cart when he applies the whip, the weight would be shifted down and up on the horse
also how does he see whats in front of him, surely he couldnt see.
I have also noticed M Ferguson, S McDonald who lean back been fined $100 several times for hitting wheels
Report in the West today that Michael Young disqualified for 4 years over the Telegraph Love/Baby Houseman race at Albany last January. Change of tactics without advising the stewards, informing a 3rd party that he would hand up to Telegraph Love and Telegraph Love subsequently heavily supported, and not driving Baby Houseman with vigor until the last 100m.
4 years is a severe penalty - what Clint Hall did with the EPO is 100 times worse -because horses welfare is at stake and he got 5 years
In his defence - Baby Houseman is a very ordinary horse - its latest form - or all its form proves that . - nothing wrong with taking a sit - didnt tell stewards prior to the race - re change of tactics - thats no big deal - the big problem is the owner bloke - Edwards backed the winner of the race heavily
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There are Boat races EVERY Friday night at Gloucester Park. And YES the money does "GET ON" and is 95% of the time right.
Geez the stewards are a courageous mob. Picking out a race at Albany.
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If the owner who backed the winner heavily had said to the stewards - look my horse was under the odds - which it was - my horse BH is a very ordinary horse - which it has proved to be - thus i decided to back the 2nd favourite - nothing would have happened
But the owner who divulged to the stewards - that Mick told him he was going to hand up the lead to the winner - from a penalty point of view - has thrown Mick under the bus - right under the back wheels
If you watch a replay the 2nd horse had a dream run - got off the pegs at the 400 - but like i say it is a very ordinary horse
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If i was in your position - i would ring Lance Justice in Victoria
Lance is in the twilight of his career and must have a bit of spare time - and represents a lot of drivers at appeals - in the past 12 months he would have probably represented 30 or 40 drivers in appeals
So if a driver gets 6 weeks 4 weeks 2 weeks - $400 fine for improper whip use whatever - at the appeal - 9 times out of 10 - you read - Driver Representative - L Justice
Thats the bloke i would be contacting - a top notch trainer /driver - who is highly experienced in appeals
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