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Head-on footage at Belmont

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FlandersFlanders    1,402 posts
West Australian Racing
Watching the replays of Belmont yesterday I noticed the head-on shot in the straight is on some sort of a reasonable angle, maybe even from the stewards tower near the parade ring. I hope this isn't what they use to determine interference for policing the riders and most importantly if there is a protest!
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  • FlandersFlanders    1,402 posts
    Additionally I am a bit concerned about the stewards cautioning issued to Jade McNaught in race 2... she was pursuing a run that looked to be there but Pike seemed to shift in onto her horse which denied her the run. The stewards said she shouldn't have gone there but I think the run was there but it actually looked like Pike cut her out. Maybe it was because of the lack of the head-on vision or because Pike has assumed the diplomatic immunity that Harvey used to have!?

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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    No pike = turnover reduced. Join the dots.

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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    edited July 2020
    that is the worst excuse for proper stewarding I have ever heard (that if pikey is out, turnover goes down).
    Head on starts about 2.15
    the run had definitely opened up. I believe mcnaught is entitled to angle for a run that has definitely opened up. This is one of the reasons I think jockeys dont ride competitively in perth. How often do you see jocks just let pikey slot in to the 1x1 on the fave when he is wide? whats wrong with driving up and holding the fave out three wide? 
    reprimanding jade for going for that run just verifies that no one else is allowed to ride competitively in perth.. only pikey. Ill go one step further, I have often seen the horse in jade's position put some pressure on the horse outside, in order to "finesse" the run. If she had done that in this instance... would she have been rubbed out? 
    If she didnt try and do what she did and she was on my horse, I'd have been livid that she didnt attempt the run. Sure, it closed up on her, but she's surely entitled to entertain it while it was there??

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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
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  • ThepluckygamblerThepluckygambler    66 posts
    Interesting to see if the turnover was up for Kalgoorlie yesterday ? I tend to agree though it definitely has a bearing.

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  • TheSwooperTheSwooper    1,718 posts
    It would have been great to see an actual head on and then one could actually adjudge how much of a run was actually there. Not sure if horse was going well enough to take the gap but no doubt some other jockeys may have forced the issue and created a little more room. I thought she handled it pretty well. 

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  • FlandersFlanders    1,402 posts
    Just had a thought that maybe the original location for the head-on camera has had to make way for the construction site? If so, surely some form of a replacement is necessary to overcome this. Especially since it looks like there is **** all construction actually going on and it will be a long time off being replaced properly plus a camera angle of maybe 20-degrees is hardly good enough.
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  • hashhash    7,495 posts
    Thepluckygambler said:

    Interesting to see if the turnover was up for Kalgoorlie yesterday ? I tend to agree though it definitely has a bearing.




    Good move by the Kal race club to get him to ride on there on Sunday, they could/would have pitched it that he was due to break the record while riding at Kal.. I wonder if crowd numbers were up?
    Damo - any figures or stats from Sunday mate
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    "good move by the kal race club to get him up there on sunday".....what a load of cr*p, he would have invited himself with that record in sight.
    he'd have ridden at marble bar if it was the only meeting on sunday..
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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    edited July 2020
    :))
    Only needs 2 more to tie and 3 to break the record? Will get it done by tomorrow at Pinny surely..maybe even today.
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  • savethegamesavethegame    3,215 posts
    Fernie goes up on Friday for positive swab from dalgaranga April 25th
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    be a fine, kal. races would collapse without him.
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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    thefalcon said:

    be a fine, kal. races would collapse without him.

    Surely if suspended, all horses would simply be transferred to Luke Fernie and it would be business as usual.
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  • FlandersFlanders    1,402 posts
    Rodent said:

    thefalcon said:

    be a fine, kal. races would collapse without him.

    Surely if suspended, all horses would simply be transferred to Luke Fernie and it would be business as usual.

    Nek minnit they'd all be being trained by his Dad
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  • spinkingspinking    3,995 posts
    P.Fernie is L.Fernies dad Flanders . Peter is the one facing the charge

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  • FlandersFlanders    1,402 posts
    spinking said:

    P.Fernie is L.Fernies dad Flanders . Peter is the one facing the charge


    Oh ok my bad. Over to Luke then i guess
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    don't forget luke has new stables in belmont...could he do a "lindsay"?
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    The perfect example today. Jade mcnaught on fancy fox, had pike out three wide on truly great. She snagged so hard to let him in, that the saddle shifted. Pike slotted in 1x2 and it was game over.
    I just don’t understand it :-??
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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    TheDiva said:

    The perfect example today. Jade mcnaught on fancy fox, had pike out three wide on truly great. She snagged so hard to let him in, that the saddle shifted. Pike slotted in 1x2 and it was game over.
    I just don’t understand it :-??

    I think you actually do understand it but don't condone it. It was nice of Kyra to carve up Massimo to benefit Pikey on Inspirational Girl.

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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    edited July 2020
    I don’t understand it because In sport, I’ve always displayed a competitive (sometimes nasty) streak. It’s about winning and the other guys losing. You need to pay your opponents respect, but you never bow down to them.
    Along those lines, I don’t understand why you would give your number one rival that advantage.

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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    Self preservation by Mcnaught.
    Pikey wants the 1 x 2. Pikey takes it.
    Still think about Pikey wanting the position Black Hart Bart had in the Kingston Town and we know how that ended up. Ouch !!!......There I’ve said it. 

    :D
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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    At least Mcnaught’s “aggressive restraining” was at a section of the track where no one could see it.
    Haha. Lol 
    =))
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