I've seen it too.
Not sure what to make of its authenticity.
Yep. Not even a good photoshop effort.
"And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.
And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."
His rebuttal could of been stronger
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Yes, definitely a photoshop job, but I agree with Granger and he should have come out fighting.
Someone defiinitley has it in for him right now though. That's the third thing in a week. I'm not repeating the other two things on a public forum though.
Clearly photoshopped as the horse has no eyes (birds presumably have already got to it) and the musculature over the quarters is poor which it would not be in a racehorse. Jeez though I’d be fuming if I were Gordon. The Daily Fail comments are having a field day!
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
granger (28th February 2021)
Some sort of confession it appears
https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/...TTER_HR_010321
"The owls are not what they seem"
nonsense article with genuine falsehoods such as saying elliott responded with a confession on his twitter account tonight which he absolutely hasn't. they've deleted the tweet linking to this article now.
somewhat fitting on a thread where a decent journalist has lost his job these clowns jump the gun based on some rumours that he's admitted it.
which they have now walked back and totally amended the article.
Last edited by JamesRB; 28th February 2021 at 8:08 PM.
I don't see that as a confession, Roger. A holding statement rather than a confession.
Looking at THAT photo, my reaction was the same as Jinnyj's above. I also suspect that if the photo was real we would have already heard some mention of which horse is involved.
I really hope we're right.
Last edited by Grey; 28th February 2021 at 8:53 PM.
Everyone knows the picture is real now. Pure damage limitation from now on.
i'm no expert on whether a particular photo has been doctored (unlike it seems hundreds on twitter who have used their so called expertise one way or the other) but the initial response from elliott doesn't fill me with confidence it's a fake
Theres a whatsapp message circulating apparently from GE stating it is real but was taken 4 years ago. Of course, thats easily faked.
People are calling for him to be banned for life, forgetting for a minute the emotional side of it, what could the IHAB actually do? Has he broken any actual rules?
I don’t see anything remotely nearing a confession myself, Roger. It reads much more like a very matter-of-fact “let the authorities conduct their review - I have nothing to hide” statement to me.
The entire thing is utterly bogus, imo. There are seemingly bad-actors at play, and - whatever their motivation - it will all be found to be a pile of shite soon enough.
Last edited by Grasshopper; 28th February 2021 at 10:33 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Even if he was that callous, I don't believe he would be that stupid to have a photo taken in that situation. If so, won't be able to come back from it, can't see how he will be banned. Bigger fish getting away with even more heinous carry-on currently.
Remember Colm O'Donoghue and the damage of unproven rumours.
Last edited by HawkWing; 28th February 2021 at 10:39 PM.