The Bryan Cooper thread

[iainmcf]

I think Brian Cooper is a brilliant talent for such a young age but I feel that the most important part of race riding is the ability to judge the pace of a race.In the above examples where these 3 horse were beaten in 2nd I think had Ruby been aboard the results wud have been different.This is not to knock Brian Cooper as he will get even better with more experience but I think he would hold his hands up and say if he judged the pace better in each of these races then he wud hav won on at least the first two if the races were to be run again.

[Cooper]

Bryan Cooper looks like Ruby on a horse in my opinion. Gets a better tune out of chasers than Ruby but would have to agree not the finished article from the front. Jonny Burke will be some jockey in time. Mark Walsh also much improved this year.

[mayo]

Another good day for the back the Gigginstown outsider theory yesterday ��

[Old Vic]

Another good day for the back the Gigginstown outsider theory yesterday ��

and another one ...

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[iainmcf]

Good to see Cooper atone for his previous ride on Petite Parisienne today,always had a good position through race, will give his supporters a run for their money in jockeys title at Chelts.

[Old Vic]

Good to see Cooper atone for his previous ride on Petite Parisienne today,always had a good position through race, will give his supporters a run for their money in jockeys title at Chelts.

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[Old Vic]

Another couple of Grade 2s yesterday.

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[Old Vic]

Bryan Cooper: Banned for 15 days
Bryan Cooper: Banned for 15 days
Bryan Cooper will miss the Aintree Grand National meeting after picking up two separate bans totalling 15 days on the final day at Cheltenham.

Cooper first fell foul of the stewards in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle when he finished third on No More Heroes.

He was adjudged to have used his whip above the permitted level and was banned for four days, March 28-31.


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In the same race winning jockey Adrian Heskin on Martello Tower was found guilty of the same offence and banned for two days.

However, it was Cooper's ride when third on Road To Riches in the Betfred Gold Cup that was deemed to merit the biggest ban.

He was suspended for another 11 days, April 1, 2, 4-6 and 9-14 meaning he will not be in action in Liverpool where he could have looked forward to the ride on First Lieutenant. He will also miss the Irish Grand National meeting at Fairyhouse.

Cooper declined to comment on the bans.


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[Old Vic]

Jamie Stier, the director of raceday operations for the British Horseracing Authority, said the starts had been “mostly pleasing”, adding: “It was apparent that the majority of riders were doing their utmost to cooperate with the starter … The only race to be a real disappointment was the Foxhunters.” That race is one of three at the Festival restricted to amateur riders.

Stier was also minded to give credit to jockeys for observance of the whip rules, noting that Noel Fehily and Wilson Renwick were the only two British-based jockeys to be found in breach during the four days. He also offered credit to “the vast majority of Irish riders” for making an effort to adhere but could not bring himself to name Bryan Cooper, whose two whip bans on Friday earned suspensions totalling 15 days, which will prevent him from riding in the Grand National or the Irish equivalent.

“There was one notable exception, which was disappointing,” said Stier. “It is simply not acceptable to just disregard the rules in this manner. However, we are sure that the penalty imposed is appropriate and will hopefully ensure that the lesson is learned.”

[mayo]

Brian OConnor

Since Bryan Cooper is just 22, there is surely better to come from Gigginstown's jockey who wound up with fifteen days worth of whip suspensions from the final day of the festival.

For what it's worth, both the eleven days for the Gold Cup and the four days in the Albert Bartlett looked a little harsh. There was hardly anything x-rated about either.

But sometimes there's no substitute for experience. An older head would have calculated the stewards would have been keeping an especially beady eye in the Gold Cup having handed out the four days in the previous race. And it's hard not to suspect it is human nature for stewards in ban-mode to get tough with someone they don't have to deal with on a daily basis.

An older head too probably wouldn't have gone for an ambitious run up the inside of Milsean in the Albert Bartlett. The colours on both Milsean and No More Heroes might have been the same but Grade 1's at Cheltenham are not renowned for quarters being given or asked.

[gigginstown]

Cooper told his 32Red.com blog: "I rode out for the first time since my injury at Gordon's this (Friday) morning. I rode three lots and felt great, no problems at all.

"The aim is to get the all-clear from my specialist next Tuesday and get back riding next weekend.

"I would have loved to have been in action this weekend, but I am not rushing things and there is only one meeting that I am worried about, and that is Cheltenham next month."

[Old Vic]

Gigginstown are ruthless - was Bryan unfocused ?

"Bryan hasn't been dropped in lieu of somebody else," O'Leary said. "There won't be somebody else. If it lights a fuse under Bryan like it did with Davy Russell, who started riding like God after it, all the better –*Bryan will get buckets of rides.
"If it focuses him it could make a far better jockey out of him." *

[Istabraq]

Yep, thoroughly ruthless, there's a bit of Abramovic in O'leary, probably sees himself as such a massive investor he demands and expects success and anything but total success he'll ring the changes...