{"id":141250,"date":"2023-09-13T20:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141250"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:23:19","slug":"top-jockey-facing-the-sack-as-hes-told-id-have-strangled-you-with-my-bare-hands-amid-huge-row-over-ride-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/top-jockey-facing-the-sack-as-hes-told-id-have-strangled-you-with-my-bare-hands-amid-huge-row-over-ride-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Top jockey facing the sack as he's told 'I'd have strangled you with my bare hands' amid huge row over ride | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A TOP jockey is facing the sack after a racing manager threatened to 'strangle him with my bare hands'.<\/p>\n

The racing manager's fury came after the jockey gave one of Australia's best sprinters a questionable ride on his return to action. <\/p>\n

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Giga Kick developed into a star sprinter earlier this year, winning the Everest before adding two more Group 1 races to his CV. <\/p>\n

He was sent off odds-on favourite to win his Group 2 return at Moonee Valley over the weekend, but things went totally wrong.<\/p>\n

Giga Kick is usually held up for a late run but fell out of the stalls under Craig Williams. <\/p>\n

His jockey made the bizarre decision to rush him up around the bend for home, forfeiting crucial ground and giving the eventual winner Imperatriz\u00a0the perfect trail into the race. <\/p>\n

Even when the Imperatriz zipped on by, Williams rode out Giga Kick in a desperate attempt to cling on for second.<\/p>\n

Giga Kick could only manage third and owner Jonathan Munz's racing manager Rod Douglas, who is trainer Clayton Douglas's uncle, didn't mince his words. <\/p>\n

He said on Radio TAB: "I'd have strangled him with my bare hands, I'd have strangled him in the mounting yard. There's no excuse for what he did.<\/p>\n

"It wasn't all about winning that race, he knows where we're at with the horse.<\/p>\n

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"It just doesn't make any sense to what he did. Inexcusable and we'll see what plays out.<\/p>\n

"He knew where we were at and that's the bit that's hard to cope with." <\/p>\n

Giga Kick is on the trail back to the Everest, with his Moonee Valley run a stepping stone to it, and Douglas's fury seems to have been about the hard time Williams gave the horse. <\/p>\n

He said: "He couldn't sustain the run he was given, it was a ridiculous ride, he had no answer for why he did it so he might suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n

"It's up to Jonathan, he'll make a decision in the next couple of days whether Craig retains the ride or he drags him off \u2013 it's up to him, he owns the horse and makes the rules."<\/p>\n

If Munz does decide to give Williams the boot, he won't be short of options to ride his star. <\/p>\n

Douglas said "millions of jockeys have rung for the ride", including Hong Kong ace Zac Purton and Aussie based stars Nash Rawiller and Mark Zahra. <\/p>\n

Trainer Clayton Douglas was "devastated" with the ride according to his uncle, with plans now having to change. <\/p>\n

He added: "It's punched a bit of a hole in the horse after the run, he was first-up, he didn't need to be having a gut-buster on a track that was like a road as well.<\/p>\n

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"He's still got to recover from this run, so whether he runs in the Premiere now that this has punched a hole in him or he has a couple of trials and goes straight into the Everest, that's the drama we've got with the horse now." <\/p>\n

Giga Kick remains the 7-2 favourite with bet365 for the Everest, but judging by Douglas's comments, it might be best to look elsewhere. <\/p>\n

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