FREE WIND, one of the horses Kieran Shoemark was blamed by some for performing badly on at Glorious Goodwood, has been retired. The news comes a day after Inspiral, the horse who Shoemark was replaced on by Ryan Moore in the Jacques le Marois, fell out the stalls in yesterday’s Group 1 test. I’ve been called all sorts of names on social media in defending Shoemark in recent weeks.
It’s an odd one. I honestly don’t think anything he has done needs defending. That’s just my view.
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uk Let’s make one thing clear. I’ve never said Shoemark’s a Frankie Dettori or Moore. I’ve never said he’s the best rider on the planet.
I have no idea where his talent will take him. That’s the point. I see Shoemark as a thoroughly decent person with massive potential as a jockey.
The hope is that with the support of John and Thady Gosden he can take his career to the next level. Presumably that is what they saw in him! I very much doubt that level will be via Inspiral and Emily Upjohn. It now definitely won’t be from Free Wind.
It might well be by riding Lead Artist, who Shoemark gave a peac.