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Post Very Nice Touch
Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but I must say how glad I am with changes to the jockey feedback.

I won my first G1's with victories in the English and Irish 2000 Guineas, and decided to pit my new star against the best middle distance horses in the Derby. The favourite for the race had won the Chester Cup 'at a canter' so I didn't hold out much hope.
I watched as my horse cruised into second with 4.5f to go and decided to instruct my jockey to go for it as we started downhill (another very nice touch). He created about a 5 length gap to the rest and managed to hold on by 1/4 l at the finish.

Normally this would be greeted by 'this horse is a star' or 'I knew we had it in the bag at halfway', but I was pleasantly surprised to see this:

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I love that despite winning, the jockey hints that the distance was wrong and we got lucky.


Tue May 01, 2012 1:46 pm
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