Current interpretation of regulations encourages win at all costs approach
And yet again, the official steward’s response was to shelter behind a best horse on the day defence, rooted in subjective interpretation of whether, or not, the sinner would have finished in front of the sinned-against anyway.
Determined to launch a run outside the furlong pole, Ladd barged into one of his rivals, Alhabor, who came within an ace of coming down. My Chiquita kept the race. Ladd got five days for careless riding. The risk-reward quotient in terms of losing a race is so skewed in the offender’s favour that the regulations practically encourage a win at all costs approach; or they do until a horse and jockey come down, at which point the outcome of any race can become very inconsequential indeed.
A substantial correction that focuses on giving much more of the benefit of the doubt to those interfered with is urgently required. Jockeys ride to the culture that applies. Stewards tipping the balance in favour of the sinned-against rather than the sinner will quickly see change on the track. It is almost two years since a rider here was done for dangerous riding which is hardly a reflection of reality.
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