Unique Double Protest at Moonee Valley
You've probably never seen this before, and I doubt you'll ever see it again! At Moonee Valley on Friday night, the two main races on the programme, run consecutively, each featured a protest lodged by the riders of the second placed horses against the winner, and both were upheld!
The first was especially important to me as I watched with interest after making Churchill Downs the best favourite of the weekend and backing him accordingly. The drama that unfolded in the stewards room was televised for all to see and it was riveting television! The verdict was doubtful though and the decision could easily have gone either way. Justice prevailed however, and Churchill Downs got up to win on protest! Hope you got on and went all up into the Eagles as I did!
The second protest was a no brainer. Pavlova and Spinney were the horses in question, and with Spinney laying in all over Pavlova for the final 100m of the race-just lasting to win, it was certain that the jockey would protest. He did of course, and with the margin being so short, it was a certainty to be upheld-and it was-with not even the connections of the demoted horse complaining much!
So, I've never seen that before, and I doubt I ever will again. And thanks to the marvels of television, we were practically sitting right there in the stewards room listening in!
- Peter Morley
The first was especially important to me as I watched with interest after making Churchill Downs the best favourite of the weekend and backing him accordingly. The drama that unfolded in the stewards room was televised for all to see and it was riveting television! The verdict was doubtful though and the decision could easily have gone either way. Justice prevailed however, and Churchill Downs got up to win on protest! Hope you got on and went all up into the Eagles as I did!
The second protest was a no brainer. Pavlova and Spinney were the horses in question, and with Spinney laying in all over Pavlova for the final 100m of the race-just lasting to win, it was certain that the jockey would protest. He did of course, and with the margin being so short, it was a certainty to be upheld-and it was-with not even the connections of the demoted horse complaining much!
So, I've never seen that before, and I doubt I ever will again. And thanks to the marvels of television, we were practically sitting right there in the stewards room listening in!
- Peter Morley
posted by Liam Webb at 11:11 am
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