Ch2 ODDS AND ENDS - not big enough for a thread of their own

Is rule 170 (2) in use or have they scraped it?

(2) A driver shall not drive in a race with part of the driver’s body protruding beyond the sulky.

Anyone can answer . What do you think of drivers leaning back in the gig?
IMO leaning back in the the gig gives no more of an advantage than sitting up straight with your weight balanced over the axel. In fact weight behind the the axel can cause a wobble action even if unseen. This is demonstrated by people towing caravans with more weight behind the axles. They are called "wobblers" .Watch a movie called " The Worlds Fastest Indian "

Good movie!

It doesn't look as safe, if the reins broke I imagine the driver would have to fall out the back of the cart AND it looks pretty silly.
The way the Americans do it, it has to add metres to how far from the leader the last horse is

It sure does look silly . They hold the reins so far back IMO it is dangerous .
One driver a few weeks back hampered the horse behind him by at least 1/2 a length & it cost the hampered horse the race & I thought to myself I wonder if a protest would be upheld. I would say yes , it would have to be .
If the rule is there , it should be policed.

This was on the forum back in 2015 .


Called An accident waiting to happen .

Bathurst . Some scratching will make it easy for some to make the final , but what can you do about it besides nothing.

Great racing at the gallops today .
And I backed the slipper winner a week ago !!!

Hey Trish, you know more about this stuff than me - what happened to Within The Law in the Slipper - it looked like his back legs folded under him for no reason and then he seemed OK in his action when galloping inside the rail

I am not sure Kev , I was watching my winner .

Stewards report will tell us .

https://harnesslink.com/australia/th...r-greg-sugars/

Another horse that has improved out of sight but in saying that he did have some ability early on in his career.