JOCKEYS CONTROL RACING

tangles Wrote:

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> Way back in the day racing was very different than it is
> today,lots of horses were getting pulled up in
> racing,it was very blatant and nothing was done
> about it and everyone knew about
> it,punters,stipes,owners and people in power.To be
> a little sarcastic if you had to walk the course
> after a meeting you could find the back teeth of
> horses lying on the grass.You kind of had to be in
> the know to make money punting,you also had to be
> on course,because lots of so called schemes were
> really only finalised after the horses went down
> to the start.Times were tough for jockeys back
> then ,if i trainer asked you to pull a horse up
> and you refused you would most certainly be fired
> and not to be trusted.Let me give an example,in
> those days the betting would be announced while
> all the connections were in the parade ring and if
> the horse you were riding was shorter than expected
> you would be instructed to pull that horse.This is
> why some jocks used to jump off the horse if they
> could not do the job.Thank god those days are long
> gone

@tangles
You are correct... it is not all horses that are pulled... it's those that are punted the most... whereby the bookies have the most to loss
Things have not changed, imo jockeys still get their instructions to pull horse.

Let's be honest though if racing was as predicable as F1 in the Schumacher era would anyone punt? Fixed or not it is results that are unexpected that make us punt

Maurition racing was the most corrupt racing in the world.Jockeys were only allowed to ride in Mauritius by invitation from goverment.Jockeys loved racing there because you were gaurenteed thousands of rands that somehow made it out the country into your acc.You had to toe the line otherwise bad things could happen to you.Racing was really controlled by powerfull individuals.Things have changed there nowdays for the beter

tangles Wrote:

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> Maurition racing was the most corrupt racing in
> the world.Jockeys were only allowed to ride in
> Mauritius by invitation from goverment.Jockeys
> loved racing there because you were gaurenteed
> thousands of rands that somehow made it out the
> country into your acc.You had to toe the line
> otherwise bad things could happen to you.Racing
> was really controlled by powerfull
> individuals.Things have changed there nowdays for
> the beter


In Mauritius they have special police task force that deals bribery and corruption in horse racing...jocks are petrified of pulling back horses....they have the police on-course seeking information on corruption...crooked bookies are being investigated and arrested.

some police are launderind drug money through the horse racing system from inside information

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One very good. advert

Two we are miles away when it comes to marketing our sport.

tangles Wrote:

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> some police are launderind drug money through the
> horse racing system from inside information


Not for long.......That loophole is about to be closed..........SHUT.

tangles Wrote:

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> When a jockey has to pull up a horse these days
> its a very complicated procedure,but it can be
> done but it cannot be hidden because of all the
> camera work.It is very easy to see wether a horse
> is given an easy.This is not rocket science,there
> are only a few ways it can be mastered.First of
> all you need to be at the back of the field it is
> imperative that you give start,you then have to
> make sure that you start your run a little later
> than normal and run your self into a pocket making
> sure that you have to check and check badly also
> dropping your stick helps.There is no other way
> that it can be done.When you see this on your tv
> screens you can be sure that the jockey was
> pulling the horse up,but you do not see much of
> that anymore because jockeys do not have to do
> this anymore the job has been done for them
> already because its far easier to stop them in the
> stable.As some unscrupulous trainers dope there
> horses to win they do the same thing to make them
> lose.That said the jockey still gets the blame
> from all and sundry

Last weekend i backed a horse named sunningdale and this is exactly how the horse was ridden. i'm still convinced this horse is a handicap certainty and am hoping to back it again next time if placed properly. gues who rode the horse....

OLD ARTICLE - 17 January 2003

Jockey Freddie Macaskill was shot, South African police are investigating allegations of racketeering in the nation's horse racing and betting industries. Macaskill was shot on his doorstep just before dawn in Table View, Cape Town.

Apparently, Macaskill did not want to be part of race fixing.

The NHA confirms that at an Inquiry held in Port Elizabeth on 18 March 2010, Jockey Venter was charged with a contravention of Rule 72.1.25 in that he acted in an improper manner by threatening Apprentice Anthony Andrews in the vicinity of the winners enclosure and in the weighing room at the Arlington Racecourse, after the running of Race 3 on 26 February 2010

Senior jock bullying young apprentice jock.

Old article

FORMER champion Andrew Fortune has been suspended for a month for "failing to ride his mount out to the end of the race".

The National Horseracing Authority inquiry board imposed the original penalty, ruling that he had lost third place on 9-2 chance African Love in a maiden at Turffontein on September 4 by dropping his hands three strides before the line. They also fined him R30,000

Old article
Marcus was fined a whopping R50,000 for riding the horse Gold on Gold in an incompetent and unprofessional manner by relaxing for one stride before the finishing post. The event took place during Race 5 at Turfontein on December 27. R20,000 of the fine could be suspended if the jockey does not commit a similar contravention over the period of the next year. While Marcus initially pleaded guilty, he may still appeal the decision.

This horse lost by a nostril. How clean is this sport?