super duper days racing 26 June KZN from Greyville

well that was just rubbish.

Dean321 wrote:

Sylvester wrote:

Race 3 Banker Winter Smoke

Horse had a jog today.

And Offcourse punters get screwed.

Obvious that Winter Smoke wasn't right today.
7-10 out to 5-2 and ran second last.
Bookies knew,surely the trainer must have known too and the horse should have been scratched.
They musn't come with the excuse that something went wrong in running as that drift proved the horse had something wrong,or just poorly turned out today unfit,before the race even started.

There we go,not striding out right hind.
Amazing the bookies knew yet the trainer and the jockey couldn't spot it before the race.
This makes the game look so crooked.

I am on course and Winter Smoke was first out into the parade ring and did not look good at all. Looked bereft or energy, walked short and coast was not shiny. I had every intention to back her but based on the visuals up close, I changed to Aunty Lizzie.

The horse really did not look well today.

Why was it allowed to run?

durbs wrote:

Why was it allowed to run?

To chase the punters away :ohmy:

Surely you don't think they paid to travel the horse all the way from Johannesburg to here and then back to con the punters??? Add into the the cost of the grooms, trainer etc coming down and going back as well?? Could have just done that in Johannesburg and saved all the cost if that was their thinking which I doubt! :S

Nice double for Mary Liley. Patient owner

Craig Eudey wrote:

Surely you don't think they paid to travel the horse all the way from Johannesburg to here and then back to con the punters??? Add into the the cost of the grooms, trainer etc coming down and going back as well?? Could have just done that in Johannesburg and saved all the cost if that was their thinking which I doubt! :S

That's maybe why they raced it even though it wasn't 100% cause it cost a lot to travel.
It obviously didn't travel well as seen by the alarming drift.
What did the bookies known about it Craig?
They not in the game to give money away.
That horse should never have run as now it's injured.

durbs wrote:

Obvious that Winter Smoke wasn't right today.
7-10 out to 5-2 and ran second last.
Bookies knew,surely the trainer must have known too and the horse should have been scratched.
They musn't come with the excuse that something went wrong in running as that drift proved the horse had something wrong,or just poorly turned out today unfit,before the race even started.

bad for the game

No trainer worth anything will race a lame horse. The jockey would have told the vet and it would have been checked at the start. The vets also watch the horses go to the start. Obviously injured in the race. Has no horse ever drifted and still won?

......this same horse ran in this same race last year and backed to11/10.....and look what happened

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED :
a) MARSANNE (*T Gumede) raced awkwardly in the straight.
b) DUBAWI PRINCESS (W Kennedy) shifted out to continue its run at the 300m.
c) MAGIC CHOICE (J Gates) shifted out away from the crop between the 200m and 150m.
d) In view of the performance of WINTER SMOKE (S Khumalo) (7.55 lengths, 11/10 in the betting) the
Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
e) GEORGINA ROSE (G Lerena), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer G B
Puller advised (ML).
JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES :
a) MAGIC CHOICE was ridden by Jockey J Gates (advised 25.06.21/11h42).
RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER :
a) Nil.
THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED :
a) WINTER SMOKE : Not striding out left hind.

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