A brief report from the Windsor stewards provoked outrage on Twitter but the background detail provides a lot of mitigation
I like that stewards reports are posted on Twitter these days but some care needs to be taken with the wording, as we learned yesterday when a verdict from Windsor caused understandable outrage. A member of Simon Crisford’s staff was fined £200 for “attempting to kick MOFAAJI in the groin area when leading the colt out of the Stables”.
No further detail was offered in the tweet or the full stewards’ report posted online. But when I called Crisford, it became clear there was a lot more to be said. I should say that Crisford had not been at Windsor but had heard of the episode from his staff.
R2 @WindsorRaces: An enquiry was held following a report from an Equine Welfare Integrity Officer that she had observed an employee of Simon Crisford attempting to kick MOFAAJI in the groin area when leading the colt out of the Stables. > pic.twitter.com/1qyLPHj629
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