Racehorse TALK

I am and have been a huge fan of Shinn for quite a while now. Yes, he is agressive, but I think he is being singled out now, especially as he has gained a bit of a "reputation". I would suspect if Beadman or Boss did the same it would be marked as "competitive riding"

Maybe Shinn is being singled out, but he is guilty of all those charges.  What I can't understand is this:  when he cops a suspension of 6 meetings in an early race, why does he not temper his riding to avoid a further infringement?  He went out a few races later, did the same thing and copped a further suspension of 9 meetings.

The stewards are as weak as water in allowing these sentences to be served concurrently when they are separate incidents.   :thumbsdown: His suspensions should, in my opinion, be served consecutively.  Imagine the outcry and the grief if his first infringement brought down another horse and rider and then the second infringement did the same!!!

A total of 15 weeks on the sideline may, just may, have brought him to his senses. :-\

Just ask any jockey who has been brought down by careless riding how he or she feels about it, the injuries, the time off, the healing, the need to get back to race fitness, the fact that he or she can still walk!!!!  We have, over the years, lost too many jockeys (good, bad or indifferent, it doesn't matter) to falls in races.  Some die, some become quadriplegics and others become paraplegic.  Most are forgotten within a year or so and that is a very sad affair. :'(

Apprentice Blake Shinn has been granted leave to withdraw his Appeal which was scheduled for 9:30am on Friday, 18th May 2007.

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Sad news for Blake and his family and friends with the passing on of his Dad, Gerald.

Condolences to His Family