{"id":217038,"date":"2023-11-28T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217038"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:16:00","slug":"punters-fume-at-soft-ride-as-2-9-favourite-is-nabbed-on-the-line-in-heartbreaking-fashion-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/punters-fume-at-soft-ride-as-2-9-favourite-is-nabbed-on-the-line-in-heartbreaking-fashion-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Punters fume at 'soft' ride as 2-9 favourite is nabbed on the line in heartbreaking fashion | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

PUNTERS have been left less than impressed after a long odds-on favourite was chinned on the line at Tramore. <\/p>\n

The Willie Mullins-trained Jolie Coeur Allen was 2-9 for her hurdling debut after some useful form in bumpers. <\/p>\n

Second in a hot French race on debut, she was fifth in the Grade 2 bumper at Aintree last season on her debut for Mullins. <\/p>\n

Punters couldn't get enough of the JP McManus-owned four-year-old, who was getting weight from most of her rivals. <\/p>\n

She looked to be cruising in the lead as they freewheeled down the hill and approached the straight. <\/p>\n

Jolie Coeur Allen clearly has her quirks, however, as she was wearing a hood and although Mark Walsh looked confident, that may have not been the case. <\/p>\n

Walsh was niggling at his mount in the final furlong, perhaps trying to eke out the remaining petrol in the tank without throwing the kitchen sink. <\/p>\n

The cupboard was bare as Walsh asked for everything from his mount in the dying strides and she was collared close home by the experienced Soldante.<\/p>\n

It's fair to say that punters were less than impressed with what they'd seen.<\/p>\n

One punter said: "Stewards should be asking the question of Mark Walsh for his very soft ride on Jolie Coeur Allen at Tramore. The hot favourite rolled."<\/p>\n

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Another said: "The jockey on the second should be banned as he was not riding the horse out one hundred percent." <\/p>\n

One more added: "Looked like zero effort made to win the race." <\/p>\n

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