Aidan O'Brien urges racing to get tough on 'stone age' race-riding tactics

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Dominant Flat-racing trainer angry at lack of action‘Everybody has kept quiet for too long’ says handlerAidan O’Brien has spoken out against “stone age” race-riding tactics and called for a culture change in the way stewards enforce the rules on interference. The dominant Flat-racing trainer was careful to confine most of his comments to Irish racing but also noted a couple of incidents in Britain this year that had irked him, and said it was time for a plain-speaking discussion in public after years of discreet lobbying of the authorities had failed to bring change.“What we all want is the best horse to win all the time, ” O’Brien told the Guardian, speaking with a measure of anger he rarely shows. “There was an old thing of jockeys closing the door on other jockeys and not letting out other jockeys and taking their ground. I think that’s all stone-age stuff and it’s dangerous. Related: Talking Horses: York set early August deadline for crowds at Ebor meeting Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/15/aidan-obrien-urges-horse-racing-to-get-tough-on-stone-age-race-riding
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