Roger Jacobs

Paul Hurry (from Ipswich website): “We had let the crowd in, and we tried to the end to get the meeting on. They tried to scrape the material off, but it was too wet. As soon as (track curator) Bob (Ellis) put the blade down, the sludge came out either side. There was no hope of getting it off the track.” So there was a blade ... ?

He turned left off bend 4 ... while chasing another rider. He didn't look round because he wasn't being chased by an opponent ... but, as you say, you can interpret it whichever way you want.

Some people don't appreciate a bit of fun 🙄

They interviewed Simon Humphrey-Kennett on BSN and he said that, unlike a clay surface which is hard, the heavy shower had got into the track surface and it was too slippery. All the riders were in agreement to abandon the meeting.

"philwhitewasmad" and "in the fence" doesn't sound like someone who shies away from discussing hard riding ...

A couple of things here: a) how are we to know who you are? 2) fans discuss incidents, it's part and parcel of the sport. I don't think it was done deliberately, but this is an occasion when a lot of people (including Jan Staechmann) think the rider ahead should have been declared as the cause of the stoppage. Obviously we all feel for the injured riders. That shouldn't prevent fans from discussing what happened.

Oh, so that's what caused the defeat. I wonder what was to blame at Compost Corner last night?

To be fair, Foxhall has changed a bit since he rode it regularly. Ironically, I wonder if it's a confidence thing? He's settled into Championship racing, but is feeling a bit stressed in the Prem - not just the expectation of the fans but putting pressure on himself, because the current Witches line-up needs all seven riders to be on it ... Hopefully, he will get off to a good start in Heat 3 - he definitely needs to beat Cook and Kerr.

Remarkably, still in the higher percentile of their overall finishing places since the early 70s. The Witches used to have a #1 curse - but in recent seasons it’s affected the Deadbeets … Fricke couldn’t raise his game when needed last night. Even so, I thought it would come down to the “engine room”, and so it did.

It's on BSN ...

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=hellstrom-bangs+ban 😉

They will be able to replace Nicholls with Jeppesen ...

You are joking! As Jan Staechmann pointed out, there aren't any brakes. You can see Harrison trying to pull back/away, but he was accelerating out of the bend taking a natural line, while Rushen (who took one long look, and then a second glance), had moved across from the natural line. I doubt any rider would have expected him to be there. Harrison had no chance - neither did Scott - or do you think he should have navigated his way past?!

Difficult to make a judgement when you're not there to see it. On Live Updates, Squall, who is a very respected texter, certainly thought King was at fault, and I'm not going to question his view. PS: there's a big difference between a dangerous track and dangerous riding.

BSN said that the Ref didn't look at the replays. Jan Staechmann said he was astonished by the Ref's decision not to exclude Rushen, because it was clear he had turned left, and Harrison had little to no chance of avoiding him. I appreciate Rushen has got to learn, but in the first meeting at Foxhall I saw him take an odd line on the second bend and he was within the veritable whisker of wiping out Scott Nicholls. Rushen is very talented, no doubt, but needs to reign in the "enthusiasm". Harrison was very impressive when speaking, and his riding so far has been very measured. As for your comment "maybe not have patchy grip when the younger kids are out" - how on earth would you manage that?!