Talking Horses: a pity the BHA did not catch Aidan O'Brien's rare lapse


Racing’s safeguards are aimed at preventing repeats of past mistakes but fell over when faced with a new one

We all make mistakes. The great thing is to not make the same one twice and I would be happy to bet that Aidan O’Brien will find some means of ensuring he is never again in the unhappy position of watching a race and realising his two runners are carrying each other’s jockeys.

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