so Gosden and Dettori get divorced .. I knew something was wrong in the Oaks and at R Ascot .. seemed that every Gosden horse ridden by Dettori was slow away, it seemed that Frankie was saying 'I'll do it my way and come from a long way behind' perhaps trying to give his adoring public even more thrills .. Gosden was looking more and more infuriated with his jockey ..
thing is owners who've spent a fortune on a horse and a trainer who's reputation and livelihood is at stake want things done THEIR way, Dettori lately liked to do things HIS way .. shows that even the most brilliant and talented are not irreplaceable if they become too prima donnaish .. just my take on things of course
so Gosden and Dettori get divorced .. I knew something was wrong in the Oaks and at R Ascot .. seemed that every Gosden horse ridden by Dettori was slow away, it seemed that Frankie was saying 'I'll do it my way and come from a long way behind' perhaps trying to give his adoring public even more thrills .. Gosden was looking more and more infuriated with his jockey ..
thing is owners who've spent a fortune on a horse and a trainer who's reputation and livelihood is at stake want things done THEIR way, Dettori lately liked to do things HIS way .. shows that even the most brilliant and talented are not irreplaceable if they become too prima donnaish .. just my take on things of course
Similarly, Jamie Spencer lost the lucrative Ballydoyle gig. A series of errors and insistence by Spencer to ride his way led to O'Brien telling him that he was no longer certain of all the top rides. Spencer resigned as a result. Spencer still annoys punters today with the way he holds so many of his rides up but it's also probably the reason that he ends up going to meetings for just one ride.
Of course, his biggest indiscretion was having an affair with Hayley Turner which resulted in his divorce. As he said ‘I made a monumental error of judgment and now have to live with it. What I did is hard to explain. There’s not a day goes by that I don’t think of the catastrophic consequences of my stupidity. It’s hard, day in, day out.’
That arrogance can be a sportsman's undoing and that very same trait is still costing punters money today in the cases of both Dettori and Spencer.
For those that are interested in doing this sort of thing, last night's Placepot at Newcastle was only won to 24p which means that the balance of the pot of £98,962 has been carried forward to today's Placepot at Ayr. There is already almost £120,000 in the pot (compared to £5,000 at Newbury and Newton Abbot) and there won't be many better value returns this year for those that are successful today.
Christophe Soumillon elbowed Rossa Ryan off his horse mid race and has received a 60 day ban for doing so. Extremely fortunate that the punishment is so lenient and one can't help thinking that had that been a 7lb claimer then the penalty would have been more severe. The biggest joke is that he will be allowed to ride at the Arc meeting this weekend which waters down the punishment even more given that we are coming to the end of the flat season.
Christophe Soumillon elbowed Rossa Ryan off his horse mid race and has received a 60 day ban for doing so. Extremely fortunate that the punishment is so lenient and one can't help thinking that had that been a 7lb claimer then the penalty would have been more severe. The biggest joke is that he will be allowed to ride at the Arc meeting this weekend which waters down the punishment even more given that we are coming to the end of the flat season.
Christophe Soumillon elbowed Rossa Ryan off his horse mid race and has received a 60 day ban for doing so. Extremely fortunate that the punishment is so lenient and one can't help thinking that had that been a 7lb claimer then the penalty would have been more severe. The biggest joke is that he will be allowed to ride at the Arc meeting this weekend which waters down the punishment even more given that we are coming to the end of the flat season.
Christophe Soumillon elbowed Rossa Ryan off his horse mid race and has received a 60 day ban for doing so. Extremely fortunate that the punishment is so lenient and one can't help thinking that had that been a 7lb claimer then the penalty would have been more severe. The biggest joke is that he will be allowed to ride at the Arc meeting this weekend which waters down the punishment even more given that we are coming to the end of the flat season.
A 60 day ban is a joke. I wonder if the ban would have been longer if it had been in the U.K.
Ryan says in today's paper that he was unbalanced, the horses bumped and he fell off .. jockeys use elbows all the time to get through a gap .. who remembers years ago Kieran Fallon pulling a jockey called Webster off his horse after a tussle in a race ? .. can't recall the length of his ban, if there was one
Christophe Soumillon elbowed Rossa Ryan off his horse mid race and has received a 60 day ban for doing so. Extremely fortunate that the punishment is so lenient and one can't help thinking that had that been a 7lb claimer then the penalty would have been more severe. The biggest joke is that he will be allowed to ride at the Arc meeting this weekend which waters down the punishment even more given that we are coming to the end of the flat season.
A 60 day ban is a joke. I wonder if the ban would have been longer if it had been in the U.K.
Ryan says in today's paper that he was unbalanced, the horses bumped and he fell off .. jockeys use elbows all the time to get through a gap .. who remembers years ago Kieran Fallon pulling a jockey called Webster off his horse after a tussle in a race ? .. can't recall the length of his ban, if there was one
Anyone else struggling when you hear "in the colours of the King" on two fronts - once because they were the colours of the Queen for all of my lifetime watching racing and she was such a big fan of the sport but also because one hears that King Charles is selling off a number of the horses even if there is a suggestion that this is normal for the time of year.
Anyone else struggling when you hear "in the colours of the King" on two fronts - once because they were the colours of the Queen for all of my lifetime watching racing and she was such a big fan of the sport but also because one hears that King Charles is selling off a number of the horses even if there is a suggestion that this is normal for the time of year.
He has been an owner in his own right as Prince of Wales - but I tend to agree that the ownership is likely to reduce significantly as well as the Royal Stud being wound down.
I would imagine though that the Royal colours will continue to be seen on course, albeit in reduced numbers.
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Maybe an omen for next season.
thing is owners who've spent a fortune on a horse and a trainer who's reputation and livelihood is at stake want things done THEIR way, Dettori lately liked to do things HIS way .. shows that even the most brilliant and talented are not irreplaceable if they become too prima donnaish .. just my take on things of course
Of course, his biggest indiscretion was having an affair with Hayley Turner which resulted in his divorce. As he said ‘I made a monumental error of judgment and now have to live with it. What I did is hard to explain. There’s not a day goes by that I don’t think of the catastrophic consequences of my stupidity. It’s hard, day in, day out.’
That arrogance can be a sportsman's undoing and that very same trait is still costing punters money today in the cases of both Dettori and Spencer.
Uttox 7.30 Rock On Tommy
Could’ve killed him.
I would imagine though that the Royal colours will continue to be seen on course, albeit in reduced numbers.