Britain's racing writers are ripping Luke Nolen to shreds in the wake of his 'blunder from Down Under' on Black Caviar. In the Mail on Sunday, Jonathan Powell thundered: 'Had Nolen's schoolboy howler cost Black Caviar her unbeaten record he would have been savaged by punters and pundits from London to Melbourne...The sense of shock and disbelief was tangible during the wait for the result of the photo finish...And you could see the relief on Nolen's face when Black Caviar's number was called fir
Britain's racing writers are ripping Luke Nolen to shreds in the wake of his 'blunder from Down Under' on Black Caviar. In the Mail on Sunday, Jonathan Powell thundered: 'Had Nolen's schoolboy howler cost Black Caviar her unbeaten record he would have been savaged by punters and pundits from London to Melbourne...The sense of shock and disbelief was tangible during the wait for the result of the photo finish...And you could see the relief on Nolen's face when Black Caviar's number was called first by the judge...'
In the UK Sunday Telegraph, Marcus Armytage wrote: 'Luke Nolen may well have had to ask for political asylum had the photo gone the other way...One suspects the reviews won't be too rosy when he returns home given that the Australian media criticise a jockey who goes two wide in the Melbourne Cup and that one reckoned there would have been a one-off return of the gallows had she been beaten.'
Sir Peter O'Sullevan, the legendary voice of British racing, said: 'That could have been the biggest cock-up in racing...It would have been a travesty of justice if she had lost.'