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When the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) stewards deemed Benvenuto Cellini a non-runner after competing in Saturday's Epsom Derby, my initial reaction was that it was an announcement error.
Why would the stewards decide that a horse which had made its own bad luck by lifting its hind leg onto the running board in the starting stall be deemed a non-runner after the race was run?
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I'm from Maghery in Co Armagh and I don't come from an equine background. It was a friend that did show jumping, to a pony level, and I tagged along with him. Then his mum got me into riding lessons in the local area, and it took off from there then. The first time I sat on a racehorse was in Stephen McConville's yard. He was only 10 minutes down the road from me. I was 15 and I rode out at the weekends and whenever I was off school in the summer.
Pundits Split On Derby Controversy
Emma Nagle, Johnny Ward and Paddy Flood discuss all the fallout from the Derby
By Gary Carson - GREAT MOVER may appreciate going back up in trip here. The Willie McCreery-trained filly ran well over seven furlongs here a week ago, when making the running and eventually finishing third to Bella Isabella. Her sole win has come at this nine furlong trip and soft ground will suit. Spanish Temptress was just edged out in a cracking finish at Gowran 10 days ago. She went up 3lb for that but could be a big player again. Electric Beauty has been knocking on the door and looks like another that has to be on the shortlist.%0A%0A
