He has a bad ride on big bucks in the Hennessy at Newbury that season as well I think and was losing some races he should of won and finally parted ways with Nichols
A shame really as it did seem like Thomas had the most knack for getting a tune out of Denman. Even my favourite jockey of all time, AP McCoy couldn't replicate it. Denmark could be a moody sod but would have won this had he stood up. Did the jockey ask for the wrong jump there though? I'm not am expert and I don't like to over criticise but I think maybe this time
This is where we start seeing flawed-Denman unfortunately.
Exotic Dancer collapsed and died in stables short time later
That was the beginning of the end of (owner) Sir Robert Ogden's involvement in jump racing and he ended up owning flat horses only up to his death.
It’s also when Sam Thomas had a really bad spell on the Nichols horses
Oh dear. Was that why we started seeing Thomas at the second-string meeting from around that point on?
He has a bad ride on big bucks in the Hennessy at Newbury that season as well I think and was losing some races he should of won and finally parted ways with Nichols
A shame really as it did seem like Thomas had the most knack for getting a tune out of Denman. Even my favourite jockey of all time, AP McCoy couldn't replicate it. Denmark could be a moody sod but would have won this had he stood up. Did the jockey ask for the wrong jump there though? I'm not am expert and I don't like to over criticise but I think maybe this time