Paul Carberry on Harchibald. Genius or Cnut!

[The Saint]

Cards on the table - I've been backing Harchibald for months.... Even gave out Xmas presents with the horses name on the slip even if I did shrewdly take the 5/1 available at the time.... Generally good jockey. Looks amazing when he gets it right. Today? Showboating ****!!! Got there far too fcukin early! As they went over the last I was pissing myself at how easy he was going! Mistake 2 compounded the first. Having go there too soon, PC should have swallowed his pride, put his balls back in his pocket and thrown hte kitchen fcuking sink at the Horse!! His final mistake was attempting to get the horse going (from apparently 2nd gear) on the steepest part of the course!! What a gypsy! While I'm sure it isn't alot to PC, the grand I would have pocketed is being sorely missed!!! The fact PC thinks the horse can win next year speaks volumes! Francome would have won on it. So would Eddery(I am aware he was a flat jockey but could roust alongany horse!). End of. Anyone who backed Hardy Eustace care to disagree?? I am absolutely gutted. A Grand Don't Come For Free!:cry

[whoneedsrio]

Re: Paul Carberry on Harchibald. Genius or Cnut! I have to both agree & also disagree. Firstly I don't think he got there too early, I think he got that right it was the failure to ask the horse the question till 10 strides from the line that was the mistake. However some horses stop when put under too much pressure & maybe if he had gone for the whip Harchibald would have folded up anyway? we shall never know. Like you I feel a little agrieved but we are both talking through our (empty) pockets, what the hell a stiff drink & move on. Just to show how peoples opinions differ the last person I would have on a horse would be Eddery ( I assume you mean Pat & not Paul ) the most over rated CNUT ever to sit on a horses back. Rio.