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Perth Cup Day - 1st/14th Jan 2023

West Australian Racing

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  • NgawyniNgawyni    786 posts
    Pretty hard to defend that call. 
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,990 posts
    Tom Percy KC, has written a scathing post on Facebook in the wake of the fall in the Perth Cup and what followed. He didn't like drive by of the horse ambulance, the final race going ahead, he hated the band playing and people dancing in the mounting yard

    Racing is copping a caning in the wake of this and the two most recent events being a TRG raid resulting in drug charges and a track rider passing away on Christmas Day.

    Some have expressed this being the final straw in a sport that is becoming less palatable and poorly managed by the principal club and RWWA. It appears that sweeping it under the carpet is no longer an effective way of controlling the dialogue.
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  • Vincent_vegaVincent_vega    674 posts
    Rwwa’s idea of “racing administration” is organising fashions on the fields contests in the country.

    I have nfi what else they do.
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  • NgawyniNgawyni    786 posts
    Not sure what else RWWA or the club was supposed to do. Shutting a meeting down after a horse is lost won’t improve things. Sadly there will always be falls and fatalities in racing. Yesterday’s was magnified because of the circumstances.

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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    6 weeks Smokin Joe.
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Did he expect them to cancel the whole day and send everyone home?

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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Very old school thinking. When two AFL players smash heads and go off on a stretcher KO, should we call the game off?

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  • RodentRodent    7,471 posts
    It was an accident. It happens. Many animals are killed in accidents. A miniscule % of those deaths are in horse racing.

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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Mystery island goes back into the cup field…queen Alina remains out.
    To be run on the 14th jan
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  • loose_gooseloose_goose    2,135 posts
    Ngawyni said:

    Pretty hard to defend that call. 

    A train wreck, the incorrect horse ran 7th  :-O 

    Joey pleads guilty, gets 6 weeks for the Cup fall
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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    Damien said TPercy on farcebook hated the band playing. That’s most probably because it wasn’t his band playing that’s due to the fact that there not that good
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  • Piston_BrokePiston_Broke    2,047 posts
    FFS it was a horse that died, jocks walked away. Sad for the connections but they will get over it and buy another next month, horses get hurt and never race again, it  called Thats Racing.
    6 weeks is a fair penalty IMO

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  • NotapuntasNotapuntas    161 posts
    DamienWyer said:

    Tom Percy KC, has written a scathing post on Facebook in the wake of the fall in the Perth Cup and what followed. He didn't like drive by of the horse ambulance, the final race going ahead, he hated the band playing and people dancing in the mounting yard

    Racing is copping a caning in the wake of this and the two most recent events being a TRG raid resulting in drug charges and a track rider passing away on Christmas Day.

    Some have expressed this being the final straw in a sport that is becoming less palatable and poorly managed by the principal club and RWWA. It appears that sweeping it under the carpet is no longer an effective way of controlling the dialogue.
    Silly question but is Tom now a KC because of her majesty's passing or has he been promoted?
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  • MarkovinaMarkovina    3,334 posts
    Ngawyni said:

    Not sure what else RWWA or the club was supposed to do. Shutting a meeting down after a horse is lost won’t improve things. Sadly there will always be falls and fatalities in racing. Yesterday’s was magnified because of the circumstances.

    Exactly right - its terribly unfortunate it happened in a Perth Cup 

    But these things can happen - i can remember the mighty Imagele hitting the deck with K Langby when an odds on favourite in the Golden Slipper in the 70s - and i can also remember - same era an Inter Domininion final at Gloucester  Park - which the Bathurst Bulldog - Hondo Grattan won - and only 4 horses finished the race - the rest fell - or lost their drivers 

    But back then - there wasnt  howls  of protests or calls to close down racing - because back then - the world wasnt full of Extremists and Nutters 

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  • Buddy123Buddy123    262 posts
    Yep thought ol Tommy was a senior counsel.. but think he now King counsel..?
    Yep when things go wrong in a big race everyone n media focus on the negative. Amazing jocks came through unscathed crazy looking fall.. rip Chilli is hot..
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  • Buddy123Buddy123    262 posts
    Buddy123 said:

    Yep thought ol Tommy was a senior counsel.. but think he now King counsel..?
    Yep when things go wrong in a big race everyone n media focus on the negative. Amazing jocks came through unscathed crazy looking fall.. rip Chilli is hot..

    Sorry Tom.. QC/KC since 97..


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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,990 posts
    Snippetson trotting around at home this morning slipped and broke a leg
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  • GLAMOURGLAMOUR    877 posts
    What happens now,does Maloney come back for the 1-2 rides and forfeit rides over East?
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Helicopter crash in Gold Coast, everyone look that way, those theme parks are so dangerous

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  • FlandersFlanders    1,409 posts
    GLAMOUR said:

    What happens now,does Maloney come back for the 1-2 rides and forfeit rides over East?

    Surely he has to get suspended for causing interference to Trap For Fools in the Cup yesterday... showed zero fecks and Brad Rawiller copped it big time. The kid got suspended in the Melbourne Cup and fined $20k, clearly didn't learn from that (or simply doesn't care).
    If this gets overlooked, the stewards are absolutely kidding themselves.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,495 posts
    reckon young patrick would be over on rotto tucking into fresh crayfish. a few rolls of the dice at crown, knock a few sheilas back at a flash cocktail bar.....life's good!
    reckon he'll stay for the few weeks or else commute.
    didn't take taylor childs long to get a number of rides. i hope she does well here in the west.
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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,373 posts
    DamienWyer said:

    Snippetson trotting around at home this morning slipped and broke a leg

    Has he been put down ??????
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,990 posts
    Voodoo said:

    DamienWyer said:

    Snippetson trotting around at home this morning slipped and broke a leg

    Has he been put down ??????
    Sadly yes
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  • GLAMOURGLAMOUR    877 posts
    Perth cup should never have been replayed on 7 news,and a close up view.
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  • shothrushothru    327 posts
    thefalcon said:

    whats with the black armbands.....obviously somebody has passed away.... [-O<

    Moses was a lovely young man, worked for Frankie Maynard in Malaysa Mick Kent Fred Kersley Dion and many others. He lived with me, passed away Christmas Day, very well liked in Ascot

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  • Vincent_vegaVincent_vega    674 posts
    Sorry to hear that. I did see some posts on facebook about it, seemed a joyous character. 
    Im sure he will be sorely missed. May he RIP.
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  • BobcatBobcat    184 posts
    I heard that the Jocs took a vote on weather to ride in the last. 
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    https://twitter.com/9newsperth/status/1609840972438933504?s=48&t=Lg0d1RH7jmyUF99lT80UUw
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Really well done by James

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  • Precision1Precision1    589 posts
    Yes he presented very well there and important to get that message out to the general public rather than just going on tab radio and talking to those that already understand

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