Thor wrote: Defies Logic jumped out well, was on a smooth forward trajectory, probably to sit one out. As this horse is heading forward, jock decides to pull this horse back, against all of its momentum. Horse continues to fight against that, jockey pulls harder. No positional awareness as well, pulling the horse back to slot in, when there is no room to slot in. This is not an issue, because sometimes you get unlucky, but really, why would you stop all a horse's momentum to pull it back into the field.
Reason I ask this question is a topic the other day Durbs mentioned the workriders always giving their all to win, and then you see things like this. There are no repercussions for pathetic rides like this for these jocks. They will get their riding fee and onto the next ride.
That is why I wonder if the instructions were to come from behind...I saw the same as what you describe, and while it was a poor ride overall and unlucky to boot...we don't know what the riding instructions were...
