Tigerblade Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) I think it's unfair to single out Branford, he fell in Heat 6 and seemed to really struggle after that. Plus all the Tigers bar Howarth seemed to have at least one duff race during the meeting. It would be an understatement to say I'm not well up with the rules, but someone yesterday suggested that if a reserve is withdrawn from the meeting by the Track Doctor, then they are able to fill his rides. Edited June 12, 2017 by Tigerblade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdodger Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Having been critical of Josh Autys performances of late on an other forum I feel its only fair to give credit when its due,Josh's efforts in this meeting were much more like the Josh we all know,along with a much improved Ryan Douglas they provided solid support to Lewis and MPT,a good TEAM performance and a well deserved result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Is this a new rule, I thought Scunny would have to run one race with only 1 rider. Surely this rule is open to abuse. Most of our rule book is open to abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pob Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Don't things change if its an injury replacement ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Is this a new rule, I thought Scunny would have to run one race with only 1 rider. Surely this rule is open to abuse. If a rider is ruled out through an injury sustained in the meeting, then they don't need to take the minimum number of rides. The rule has been like that for a very long time - going back to the 70s and 80s at least, if not further. Occasionally a team may gain through it. It's not really open to too much abuse, since it relies on a rider falling off and hurting themselves. But I've known a few controversies down the years. Oxford once had Alun Rossiter pull out of a meeting having aggravated an injury (he hadn't actually fallen off), and then gave 7 (match-winning) rides to fellow reserve Steve Johnston. Strictly speaking, the injury really should have taken place during the actual meeting. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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