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WASHINGTON -- Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden echoed Josh Normans complaints about penalty calls in the teams 27-all tie against the Cincinnati Bengals, saying Monday that the star cornerback probably is targeted a little bit by officials.Gruden said on a conference call with reporters that he disagreed with some of the flags thrown during Sundays game in London, which left Washington at 4-3-1 and last in the NFC East heading into its bye week.The Redskins totaled 15 penalties -- eight more than the Bengals -- and Gruden said: I think we gave them eight first downs via penalty. After watching the film ... some of them were not very blatant, thats for sure.Norman lashed out at field judge Brad Freeman after the game, saying, Im just going to be honest with you; Im going to be straightforward: He was terrible. I feel like he should be reprimanded.Norman drew five flags, including four for illegal use of hands, while covering Bengals wideout A.J. Green.Some of the glancing hits to the facemask on A.J. Green, I just dont understand them. There was no intent there to injure, Gruden said. It was absolutely just a glancing blow that had nothing to do with anything.Gruden also specifically questioned an offensive pass interference call against Redskins wideout Pierre Garcon in OT that wiped out a completion, and an earlier defensive holding call against substitute cornerback Quinton Dunbar.On the Garcon penalty, Gruden said: Thats not offensive PI in any realm whatsoever of the penalty that I know (as) offensive pass interference. Theres nothing Pierre did wrong. ... Some of the penalties we can clean up; some of them we cant do anything about.And heres what he said about the Dunbar call in the end zone: I dont know what to teach them. He was jamming his guy and then Andy (Dalton) threw it over the guys head and threw it out of bounds, but they called holding.As for whether Norman needs to worry about being the focus of officials, Gruden replied: Well, he cant be any more targeted than he was yesterday, thats for sure. ... He had quite a few on him that ... could have gone either way, quite frankly.Gruden continued: As far as him being targeted, he probably is a little bit, but hes going to have to deal with it.Game notes S Will Blackmon needs thumb surgery, but they can cast it up and hopefully hell play, Gruden said. On other injuries: TE Niles Paul was going to have an MRI to see the extent of his strained shoulder; WR DeSean Jackson did not get a concussion from a hit to the helmet, but his whole body was banged up, so he didnt go back in, Gruden said; RT Morgan Moses sprained his ankle. ... 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Just on a year ago, trainer Russell Bell made the long haul down from Alice Springs to win a race with Sirbible at Moonee Valley.On Saturday Sirbible chases a fourth win at the track, this time from a new training base at Colac.Sirbible won another race at Moonee Valley in early January before heading home after an unplaced run in the Group Two Australia Stakes at the track later that month.Bell still has his stable and home in Alice Springs, but has moved to Colac with a team of 15 horses.Sirbible gave Bell his first winner since the move three months ago when successful again at the Valley over 955m on November 11 and fronts up again on Saturday in a 1000m handicap.Apprentice Jye McNeil, who has ridden Sirbible in his three previous Moonee Valley wins, takes the ride.Bell says Sirbible, the winner of 11 of his 25 starts, now has a racing brain.Hes a much more mature horse and that was evident at Moonee Valley last Friday week with his attitude coming back to scale, Bell said.Finally his brain is reallly starting to kick into gear and hes a pleasure to have when hes like that.ddddddddddddAt other times he can be quite difficult but hes got a ton of ability and no-one has seen the best of him yet.Ive always said as he got older he would get better and hes just starting to mature from an ugly duckling into a fair dinkum racehorse.Bell believes Sirbible may one day be capable of giving him his biggest race success.Hes got Sirbible earmarked for the Christmas Stakes, a race he finished third in behind Tuscan Sling at Caulfield last year, before another tilt at the Australia Stakes.While he is enjoying Victoria, Bell intends to support the Alice Springs carnival in April.Well still always go up to Alice. Weve got our stables and our house up there, Bell said.I enjoyed my time in Alice immensely and I learned a lot, but the opportunity came about to come down and go to Colac. ' ' '