Loading video...

Video Failed to Load

Go Home

Proper performance ๐Ÿ‘Š ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ (5-2f) shows class and grit in equal measure to run out a clear-cut winner of the oft-informative Emirates Autumn Stakes Newmarket Racecourse ๐ŸŸกโšซ๏ธ๐ŸŸก Clifford Lee and Karl Burke have had a steady season ....

13,911 views โ€ข 11 months ago โ€ขvia X (Twitter)

0 Comments

No comments available

Comments from the original post will appear here

Related Videos

โ€ก Yet Another Dubious Stewards Decision There is a long-standing complaint relating to stewards decisions that is shared by virtually all horseplayers: they should be more consistent in their decision making. Such complaints are legitimate, and consistency should always be a goal, not only in the officiating of horse racing. But it seems to me that the problem illustrated by the DQ in Del Mar's 11th race on Saturday is, in some ways, even more frustrating. I am referring to what seems to be a far too common inability of stewards to watch replays carefully, and thoughtfully process what has been seen. While I credit Del Mar for having edited together all three views of the incident in the embedded clip, it would have been better if they had (also) slowed down the drone view, which, as is so often the case, appears to be the definitive view. I have extracted the salient drone view portion and zoomed in on the action, so that readers might more easily see the crucial incident that the stewards apparently failed to take into account. The dubious decision to DQ the winner (#3 red and white silks) was made on the basis that nearing the wire, it drifted out, and caused the eventual fourth-place finisher (#5 pink silks) to steady, possibly costing that one a better placing. But I would argue that a careful, and reasonably thoughtful viewing of the drone shot, clearly shows something different. Just before the incident referred to by the stewards, the #5 horse (pink silks) and #9 (yellow silks) made contact, and it was that contact which initially caused the former to steady. The winner did subsequently drift out, but that was incidental, and did not, at least on its own, cost the #5 a placing. In fact, that the two even came so close was arguably a direct result of the #5 briefly losing its hind-end as a result of the bumping with the #9 horse. Had it not been for that initial contact, causing the #5 to angle in towards the eventual winner, there almost certainly would not have been any meaningful loss of momentum. Parsing it even more finely, it appears, again from the drone shot, that the #9 was not at fault, and it was, ironically, the "victim" in the questionable eyes of the stewards (#5), which angled in and lost its hind-end as a result of that earlier contact. Given that the rider of #5 had understandably steadied more sharply after the initial, far more dangerous incident, the most important momentum loss had already occurred before the rider again steadied slightly, due to the winner drifting out. In summary, there were clearly two incidents which contributed to a loss of momentum on the part of the #5 horse. Equally clearly, it was the initial incident, not even mentioned by the stewards, that caused the greater loss of momentum. In my view, the incident that the stewards used to rationalize the DQ was trivial, relatively speaking, and given the broader context, there should not have been any change in the order of finish.

Tinky

10,997 views โ€ข 1 month ago

Rupert Matthews, Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland who defected from Conservative to Reform UK, "We got used to living in this country to living in generally a law abiding society from 1890s to 1990s, people were generally law abiding" 1890s: Victorian era. High levels of poverty-related crime; child labour, theft, and gang violence in cities 1950sโ€“1980s: Football hooliganism, organised crime, IRA bombings, mass riots (e.g. Brixton 1981), and civil disobedience 1980s: Crime rates were significantly higher than today, particularly violent and property crime โžก๏ธ UK crime rates peaked in the early 1990s and have generally declined since โžก๏ธ ONS data shows a steady fall in burglary, car theft, and violent crime since 1995 โžก๏ธ Youth crime and antisocial behaviour have also declined significantly The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) โ€” considered the most reliable measure of long-term crime trends โ€” shows a dramatic fall in crime since the 1990s 1993: ~2.5 million burglaries 2023: ~400,000 burgalries 1995: ~2.6 million car thefts 2023: ~900,000 car thefts Some types of low-level crime (e.g. shoplifting, antisocial behaviour) have risen or become more visible since COVID and due to police cuts. However, these are not as widespread or severe as the high-crime problems of the 1980s The idea that people were more 'law-abiding' before 1990 is a nostalgic myth not borne out by statistics Should add, the Conservatives cut police funding, cut the size of the police force, cut the Crown Prosecution Service by 25%, cut staff levels by 30%, Court budget slashed by 40% etc. Like everything else, if we want public services to work, we need to fund them

Farrukh

44,486 views โ€ข 1 year ago