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Stewards on the ball?
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I'll be watching the stewards report with great interest after Ascot today, they seem to have been very passive with interference lately... Mitch Pateman in race 6 today gave Morning Song a belter of a hip-and-shoulder on the turn, causing a chain reaction, then took the running of the same horse again. Obviously Mitch was having a crack but definitely pushed the boundaries of the rules. He ought to remember how he did something very similar in the Belmont Oaks and we all know how that ended, with Mitch having a shocking fall and a horse dying
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Wow, I really did make a mistake there didn't I. I'm such an idiot, thanks for being so brutally honest, its people like you who really keep the world turning. I assumed it was MP because there were arms flailing about all over the shop, and it was a DMac runner so naturally thats where i made the assumption.
What a complete idiot.
The fact is that MP did cause a fall which killed a (very promising) horse. Again you are right though- I had the wrong race but I don't think that matters so much in this instance but if you wanna call names that's cool.
Good night. Thanks for comin.
I'll still be interested in the outcome with the stewards, as a side note.
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Agreed Diva, I deserved to be called out, major balls-up (insert embarrassed emoji).
The style of the reply was pretty average though I thought.
I didn't know he was Mitch's manager before- assuming the above posters are correct that is. If he is, I can see why he was so emotional aboit it but a better-constructed response would probably be a better PR move for his client than what was dished out.
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I really hope the stewards make the added suspension cumulative not concurrent. I really can't stand when they do that concurrent BS. You do the crime, you do the time!
Yes really. If you've seen the race and have posted this, you have to be Ben himself or are very close to him
Rightio Brady, will do but I'm pretty sure my prescription is ok.
The fact that you said he "checked" a horse doesn't give your argument much cred sorry.
The fact that you're clearly an Eagles supporter does give you cred, so I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt.
We've all seen worse here in Perth that don't crack a mention. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be penalised, it means that the stewards weren't "on the ball" and didn't penalise it. Pretty much any other jurisdiction in Oz wouldn't stand for it and would give the rider a reprimand or suspension. The lack of consistency is what gets on my goat.
IMO Benny was over the top yesterday and again today. Angling out and creating the run is being competitive but doing it and putting another horse off balance is going too far and should have ramifications.
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