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Switch of rider issue must be addressed

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ONE event stands head and shoulders above all others as the most important happening of the week.

Indeed, given the reaction from a representative cross-section of the territory's racefans, from the very biggest and most successful punters in the world to the guy who has his fun bets twice a week, it was one of the most significant events for many seasons.

Arc de Triomphe and French Derby-winning jockey Gerald Mosse's replacement of battling local rider Johnny Ho on My Prince, the eventual short-head winner of Wednesday night's opening race on the equitrack, is the issue in question.

Apart from Mosse's brilliant last-gasp defeat of Family Of Wah Yuen in this event, the significance of Mosse on My Prince is no more clearly underlined than from the tote board itself.

For instance this is how the quinella pool changed with respect to My Prince over the final 32 minutes of betting. TABLE GOES HERE The quinella pools make for interesting reading. Clearly My Prince has shortened in every single quinella.

Now, no one is suggesting there is anything untoward in this whatsoever.

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