World Champ without throwing a punch
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Hello, sports. HG Nelson with a quick update on today's bludge. Look, everybody needs a day off every so often and the bludge is no exception. So enjoy these highlights. Some new, some old. Take it away, sumpster.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to bump. It's time to thump. It's time to bludge.
What highlights are featured in the best of Bludging on the Blind Side?
The best of bludging on the blind side.
one of the biggest races of Queen Elizabeth's Stakes, won by Think It Over. And this was a daring ride by Natural Wheeler, who thought that the better going would be out wide. So about the 200 metres from the winning post, he haired off on Think It Over to the outside fence and won by a few lengths, or a couple of lengths. Wow.
That's knowing your course, isn't it?
It is. He'd walked the course, obviously spoken to people who knew how the drainage worked on the new Randwick surface and so on. Well, that's a brilliant win. It was. It was the race of the century, provided the ride of the century and also gave race goers the shock of the century as the forgotten horse in the field. Yeah, right. You often say that, the bet on the forgotten horse. I think it over won the race. Now, it was a bit of a... you know, cause for controversy connected with the race. Yes. I'm not going to forget that when he said, this is Rurula coming back to scale for a long time. You get it right like that and the horse does what he knew he could do. It might be my biggest win. However, he won't forget it for another reason.
In his desperation to leave all the stars, and there were a lot of big-name horses running in this race, in his wake, Rurula broke the whip rule by striking, think it over, eight times before the 100-metre mark...
What was the outcome of the Queen Elizabeth's Stakes race?
And 20 times in total. So if I do the maths right, from the 100 metre mark in the last 100 metres, he banged it 12 times. Right. The stewards suspended Barilla for two weeks and issued the two weeks I might add starts after today, I think. Good. You know, issued a $40,000 penalty. A $40,000 fine? Mm-hmm. One of the biggest fines for excessive whip use. Wow. But let's face it, it was a fraction of what he earned for the ride. Oh, okay. Because it was a very rich race.
Yeah, right. Right.
He said afterwards, to win on that horse for the trainer Parker, at the end, it was one of my best moments in racing. I'm very disappointed that I broke the whip rule because I'm very respectful of them. I just think it was a very big penalty and will appeal the size of it, which he subsequently did. Did he? Yeah. They knock 10 grand off it. I think he's down to 30 grand.
Right, okay, yes.
Now, the difficulty is here, I'm very disappointed that I broke the whip rules because I'm respectful of them. It's understood the New South Wales Jockey Association will support Murilla in his appeal against the penalty. A representative told the Herald that its members believe in the whip rules but often feel penalties were too severe. I suppose a lot of murderers feel that as well.
Yeah. Now, the fine... So he was three over. So he was essentially fined $10,000 per... Bash. Bash.
That's an interesting question. An interesting question. The fine was more than a third of Orilla's winning percentage, and two weeks obviously could cost him another $25,000 in rides, especially if he can't go to the carnival. Now, the stewards, Mark Van Estel said there had to be a deterrent for beaching the Rip Bull, particularly in the biggest races. The stewards panel reviewed the final 200 metres before issuing correct weight to see whether it would lodge a protest against Thinkadover being declared the winner because of the whip.
Ah.
Yes. It's hard to see a reason to uphold a protest given half a length back to the second horse. We cannot see a breach of the rules like that in such a big race. It was a clear breach and had to be penalised. We cannot see a breach meaning they can't, people can't break the law willy-nilly. Willis' record of having two previous whip offences in feature races in the past six months added to the premium of his penalty.
Oh, okay, so he's got a record.
What controversies arose from the race's outcome?
Yes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:02–0:26
2
What highlights are featured in the best of Bludging on the Blind Side?
0:26–1:44
3
What was the outcome of the Queen Elizabeth's Stakes race?
1:44–4:00
4
What controversies arose from the race's outcome?
4:00–52:11
5
What challenges did Cam face with media training?
52:11–53:10
6
Who is suggested as a potential guest and why?
53:10–54:45
7
What are the concerns about rugby league in rural areas?
54:45–55:40
8
How is the local rugby league community being revitalized?
55:40–1:36:50