Irish In-Running Tactics

[billy the punter]

Keving Manning on New Approach in the Derby. Keving Manning on Finsceal Beo at Ascot. Johnny Murtagh not riding to his draw in the Kings Stand The farce of the Irish Derby - very tough sell to say it was accidental. And this is just in the past few weeks, there are endless other instances of rule breaking. If the authorities do not get tough then you are giving them a licence to cheat in all the big races. Is that what we want?

[Gingertipster]

Re: Irish In-Running Tactics Think the Irish Derby (Alesandro Volta) was accidental. Trouble is we do not know if it was or not. The horse wandered around in the Lingfield Derby Trial, so is known to do so. So what is to stop a "team" getting him on the rail and then hitting him with the whip, knowing he'd wander and interfere with others? Particularly when the owner has others in the field. Murtagh should have known this was probably going to happen when going for the whip. As I say I do not believe it was deliberate, but what is to stop these things happening for real if they do not come down hard on it now. Ginge