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    Ryan Mania has tweeted tonight that he feels fine and hopes to get home tomorrow.

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    So relieved to hear that!

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    Ryan Mania has left hospital after an MRI scan revealed a minor fracture following his fall at Hexham, 'very small fracture' in C7 vertebra + some soft tissue and ligament damage. He's
    walking about 'perfectly fine'
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    That's good to know.

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    What a week for Mr. Mania.
    Welsh and Proud.

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    Ruby Walsh out for six weeks with broken arm, misses Punchestown
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    Where it happened?

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    He's been in Japan so presumably it happened over there.
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    Sorry guys, misinformation, Ruby is fine.
    Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 13th April 2013 at 3:30 PM.
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    Just watched a replay of the race in Japan; firstly what possessed anyone to build a course with dips like that, secondly really noticeable the difference in builds between the jockeys, thirdly they didn't hang about did they, or that is it just the way it looks on YouTube and fourth, my goodness didn't Ruby looked chuffed??
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    Quote Originally Posted by G-G View Post
    my goodness didn't Ruby looked chuffed??
    Hardly surprising considering the prize money !

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    Noel Fehily given a 12-day ban for taking the wrong course yesterday at Uttoxeter . It seems that even an excellent, highly-experienced senior jockey like Noel can sometimes be incapable of steering to the right round a marker.

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    Luckily for him the ban starts the day after he is due to ride Rock On Ruby at Punchestown and thereafter there aren't too many NH races of much significance as regards status, just loss of earnings for rides, didn't realise they get £157 approx for each ride though.
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    As a workmate once said Michael "they're jockeys because they're small, not because they're clever".
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    Well, there's a bloody Betfair Forum statement if there ever was one ..
    Man: Do you get wafers with it?

    Salesman: Course you don't get bloody wafers with it, it's a bloody albatross isn't it ...

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    Ensuring you familiarise yourself with the course is hardly a novel idea - it's not hard to do and knowing the course for each of your rides is the bare minimum requirement.
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    Irish, I'm well aware of that but it hardly implies a lack of intelligence, more a lack of concentration. If anyone said they had never made a mistake at work, I'd question them. Many jockeys have made this sort of error and they've rightly received bans for it. I'd question an individual's intelligence if they persist in making the same sort of mistake but not if they make it once.
    Man: Do you get wafers with it?

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    Fair enough Muttley - I've met plenty of highly intelligent jockeys, most of whom are amateur riders and as such have other careers/careers planned. Would ask though does your criteria stretch to the fair few jockeys who regularly break the same whip rules over and over?
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    That, Irish, is a different matter altogether, I'm afraid. My view is that there may be, at times, a certain amount of calculation in that ....
    Man: Do you get wafers with it?

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    Most jockeys are thick as pig ****. Hope that helps.

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