The infamous Fallon race - Ballinger Ridge

[brockguy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48WDjruPx8

looks horrible..

but how do you lose a race on purpose by a short head??

[GPK]

Originally Posted by brockguy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48WDjruPx8

looks horrible..

but how do you lose a race on purpose by a short head??

He sure as hell managed to do it Kev. Pretty bad acting there...

[ArlJim78]

i don't know what other evidence they are looking at, but just watching that race doesn't convince me that he was trying to lose it.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

i don't know what other evidence they are looking at, but just watching that race doesn't convince me that he was trying to lose it.

The trainer himself has said the ride was awful. Who gives a horse a "breather" in the final two furlongs? The horse was moderate and they were desperate to get a win into him before he went to the sales, so the handicap mark theory goes straight out of the window.

They have a few races to look over and an Australian steward to cast his eye over them all.

They also have many records of phone calls and text messages, which really don't look good on Fallon's part. The views of other jockeys (who you'd think would be on his side) don't look/sound great for him either.

You're right when you say it's impossible to lose a race by a short head, but he looked certain to be beaten further than that, and the winner didn't go on as expected. I remember seeing the betting patterns for this race before hand and it looked very 'fishy', especially when connections really fancied him and the Fallon factor.......... I still think he was meant to lose this race, but it got very close. No jockey would ease up that much in the final furlong if they had any sense at all, and Fallon certainly has sense.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

The trainer himself has said the ride was awful. Who gives a horse a "breather" in the final two furlongs? The horse was moderate and they were desperate to get a win into him before he went to the sales, so the handicap mark theory goes straight out of the window.

They have a few races to look over and an Australian steward to cast his eye over them all.

They also have many records of phone calls and text messages, which really don't look good on Fallon's part. The views of other jockeys (who you'd think would be on his side) don't look/sound great for him either.

You're right when you say it's impossible to lose a race by a short head, but he looked certain to be beaten further than that, and the winner didn't go on as expected. I remember seeing the betting patterns for this race before hand and it looked very 'fishy', especially when connections really fancied him and the Fallon factor.......... I still think he was meant to lose this race, but it got very close. No jockey would ease up that much in the final furlong if they had any sense at all, and Fallon certainly has sense.

just not common sense, it seems.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by GPK

just not common sense, it seems.

I am starting to think the guy is pretty stupid (and that comes from a fan of his).

If he is actually innocent, he should never have been mixing with these crooks in the first place, and certainly shouldn't have been texting the information that he was to people who had other jockeys bank account details in their briefcase.

It all sounds very, very 'fishy'.

Watching the Ballinger Ridge race on it's own only gives you half the story. The betting patterns beforehand were shocking.