Went looking for an explanation to the poor performance of Trail Boss in the fourth & notcied among other things that the stewards have felony flight runnning 2nd & 4th
decided to post for general amusement
How bad was TB run?
Report refers to Tafeer & The Reveller racing fiercely for some distance approcahing & passing the 1000m ----obviously didnt like each other? & this may have accounted for some part of the Revellers performance & Tafeer lost a plate??
Race 4: KFC Benchmark 85 H'cap - 1300m
1st - Symposium 2nd - Felony Flight 3rd - God's Window 4th - Felony Flight
PARIS BLUE (M. Vance) lost its footing behind on jumping away and lost ground.
LANCET (A. Spinks) and TAFEER (R. McMahon) bumped at the start.
GENERAL PURPLE (M. McGuren) began awkwardly.
P. Hammersley, rider of FELONY FLIGHT, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding, in that near the 1150m he permitted his mount to shift in when insufficiently clear of ATLANTA FALCON (T. Bell), resulting in that horse being taken in on to LANCET (A. Spinks), resulting in A. Spinks having to take hold of LANCETA and relinquish its rightful position. PARIS BLUE, which was trailing LANCETA, was obliged to shift out to avoid the heels of that runner and then became awkwardly placed on the heels of SYMPOSIUM and had to be checked. P. Hammersley was suspended from riding in races for a period covered by 6 meetings, to commence at midnight, 9 April and to expire at midnight, 18 April.
For some distance approaching and passing the 1000m, TAFEER and THE REVELLER (P. Keane) raced fiercely.
GENERAL PURPLE, EASTLINE (A. Allen), BIANCA JEWEL (R. Wiggins) and LOOPED (D. Browne) raced wide throughout.
GENERAL PURPLE laid in under pressure in the straight.
A post race veterinary examinations revealed: PARIS BLU had sustained a laceration to the near foreleg having been galloped on, and LANCET sustained lacerations to both hind bumpers.
TAFEER lost its near hind plate in running.
