The stewarding is crap because it's largely impractical to challenge them unless there's a big pot involved.
My horse had a result reversed at the end of last season at Warwick. He jumped out to the right at the final hurdle and crossed over in front of the horse he was reversed with. There was daylight between them and no interference was caused, but the stewards still called the jockeys in and held an inquiry. The other connection hadn't objected, and despite both jockeys agreeing no actual interference was caused, and the crossing was in the act of jumping a hurdle they still reversed the race and Jeff was demoted to second. Dan Skelton called it singularly the worst decision he'd seen from any stewards.
If I appealed it I would almost certainly win. The problem is to challenge it I have to have legal representation and I have to go down to London. So for a four grand race I'd be out of pocket when they reverse the decision back, which is utter bollox and why stewards end up largely unaccountable.
My horse had a result reversed at the end of last season at Warwick. He jumped out to the right at the final hurdle and crossed over in front of the horse he was reversed with. There was daylight between them and no interference was caused, but the stewards still called the jockeys in and held an inquiry. The other connection hadn't objected, and despite both jockeys agreeing no actual interference was caused, and the crossing was in the act of jumping a hurdle they still reversed the race and Jeff was demoted to second. Dan Skelton called it singularly the worst decision he'd seen from any stewards.
If I appealed it I would almost certainly win. The problem is to challenge it I have to have legal representation and I have to go down to London. So for a four grand race I'd be out of pocket when they reverse the decision back, which is utter bollox and why stewards end up largely unaccountable.
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