Time for Turf Club to sort out false starts farce

AT Listowel on Sunday senior jockeys, Paul Carberry and Ruby Walsh, decided they’d had enough as far as starting procedures in this country were concerned and protested to the stewards, after riding in a handicap chase. They argued that they had obeyed the instructions of the starter and others had simply ignored him.

When the starter gave the field the green light to go both Carberry and Walsh maintained they were left at a disadvantage.

The stewards agreed with the jockeys and the matter, as well as the ongoing problem with starts in general, was referred onto the Chief Executive of the Turf Club.