mal wrote:82
CANT WINS
SAT
R9-3
R9-4
Both cant win
WORST STEWARDS PENALTY OF ALL TIME ?
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Steve Mowday has been suspended for 6 weeks for his drive Friday night at GDP
Mowday was on the 2nd fav HANNANS the favourite was VIA TRASTERVERE driven by Paul Cavawizard
VT led early and then handed up to HANNANS
At this stage I was still confident VT would sprint lane and beat HANNANS
With about a lap to go HANNANS hands up[this puts VT 3 back the pegs, not a bad tactic]
At this point Mowday has effectively put VT out of the race 5th on the pegs
AT THIS POINT OF TIME MOWDAY HAS DRIVEN OK TO PUT VT OUT OF THE RACE [ok tactic]
HOWEVER
It was a sMALl field and somehow Paul Cavawizard extricated VT off the pegs into the running line
At this point VT now has a chance to beat HANNANS
HANNANS can still sprint lane and win the race as well
AT THIS POINT OF TIME MOWDAY HAS DRIVEN OK
THEN
Paul Cavawizard produced a brilliant tactic, he zooms off around the field to hit the front b4 the final turn.
He now is leading on the turn and now HANNANS is relegated to 3 back the pegs
VT wins the race
HANNANS gets shuffled back and runs on fairly for 3rd
Paul Cavawizards very good drive was why VT won
Steve Mowdays drive was made to look bad due to the result
The stewards have over reacted ?
ANOTHER SCENARIO
When Mowday handed up he puts VT 3 back the pegs
IF
VT gets locked in and HANNANS sprint lanes to win the race WHAT DO THE STEWARDS DO ????
IF
The stewards have made Mowday the scapegoat and are going to be tougher in all races from now on, I can accept partially the rationality behind this absurd suspension
BUT
If they continue to pick out needle in the haystack drives only Mowday should rightly be upset
AND
If they continue to overlook50/1- 100/1 chances kicking up in the death for a lap to keep out favoured runners 3 wide on a limb ....

[and the 50- 100/1 shows finish tailed off sometimes]
SUMMARY
Im not a mate of Mowdays, Im just defending a guy over a 'the thought that counts drive'