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Yes, they got what they wanted....... a reaction but they would have got the same reaction had they have said they weren't going to ride a few hours before the meeting was due to start.

Having some friends who were due to have two horses running at Ballarat that day, they were left fuming and very disappointed with the actions of the jockeys. The two horses had been transported with a float company from Mornington, they themselves had travelled all the way from Albury on the VIC, NSW border. Two grooms needed their travelling expenses paid. It all adds up to an amount that I certainly wouldn't have been able to afford for a wasted trip.

All I'm getting at is that these jockeys caused a lot of hassle for a hell of a lot of people, just to get something for themselves.

Glen Boss said on TV that they had the backing of the trainers for what they were doing. However, at least four or five trainers got onto to either sky racing or TVN and slated the living daylights out of them. They backed them for the rule change but I remember David Hayes saying something along the lines of 'what they did was outrageous and not in racings interest'.

It was just very unprofessional.

Regarding the issue with the synthetic tracks. I stated that back at home, there are very, very few problems associated with them. Very few breakdowns, and yet in America you hear of horses breaking down every week. Yet is the exact same surface. How can this be? The only reasons I can suggest is either the track is not prepared fully in America before racing or the breed of the American thoroughbreds, racing high on an asortment of drugs is a very weak breed, liable to breakdown on any surface.