Punters slate nine ‘terrible rides’ as horse and jockey ‘gifted’ 30-length lead but stewards say ‘nothing to report’
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PUNTERS slated nine 'terrible rides' as a winning horse and jockey were 'gifted' a 30-length lead. But despite their anger, stewards said there was 'nothing to report' after the controversial Catterick race. As it turned out, 7lb claimer Shay Halton and 13-2 Be The Difference won by an ever-diminishing length-and-a-half at the end of the 3m1½f amateur jockeys' handicap hurdle.
![[The camera panned out as wide as it could just to get a glimpse of any of the other runners in the hurdle race for amateur jockeys, with Be The Difference stretching 30 lengths ahead]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/catt2.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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![[Jockey Shay Halton had a cheeky look between his legs as the others struggled in vain to get close]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/catt4.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
SIGN UP NOW. 18+ Ts and Cs apply. First month membership £1, then £3 per month unless you cancel at least 7 days before your next billing date. For more information contact help@thesun.co.uk. But the others did well to get anywhere near the pair after being, in the words of the Racing Post race analysis, 'gifted' an absolutely massive lead in the 12.30pm contest.
![[He could afford to win easily at the line even though the others managed to close somewhat]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/catt5.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Some 12 hurdles were jumped in all and Be The Difference was leading by the time they got to the fifth. But it was then the Philip Kirby-trained eight-year-old gelding hared off in front. At one stage the camera operator had to go to their widest zoom possible, with Halton and Be The Difference stretching 30 lengths clear before the third last.
