6th at Saratoga
 

Kudos for the stewards in leaving that 7 horse up. Good call.

Really? I thought there was definitely quite a bit of contact and a DQ would have made sense to me. And by the way, it was the 6th race.

NT

I was being sarcastic. I didnt bet the race but I thought the 7 should have been taken down and placed behind the 2 horse. This would have made the 5 horse the winner and Zito was the trainer of the 5 so.....

I had the 5.... needless to say, I was hoping the 7 came down.

I had the 7 and thought I was in big trouble. Hoss, I think you are right about him being the best, and also the 2 being out of gas. I know the stewards took a long look at it, would have it mattered if Garcia filed an objection also? Or by him not filing an objection, was he saying that he was out of horse anyway and had no chance to win.

I wonder how much jocks, and odds of the horses come into play. What I mean is, we are talking about Alan Garcia on a 27-1 shot. What would have happened if it was Prado on a 8-1 shot in the same condition. Near the front the whole race and it's looking like the anchor is coming out. Or maybe Garcia just told the stewards that he was out of horse and him steading the horse was just a bad acting job. I don't know, but on a day when it seemed like I lost every photo I had this chalked up as another bad beat. So I was pleasantly suprised by the result.

Whodey: If you want to show sarcasm...you got to do the roll-eyes emotocon! Just tryin to help a brother out!

Just about all "leave-ups" or "non-calls" are good ones if you ask me.

I would've smashed my coffee table in half if they would've made a change. That 2 horse was toast.

the 2 "leave-ups" were the only 2 winners I had all day. Obviously, I also thought the stewards made the right call on both. The fact that the only horse Texas Elegance interfered with was going backwards made leaving him up the right thing to do, although I wasn't anywhere near certain at the time they would do it. The Pletcher horse in the last was far more cut and dry, he barely made contact with the 3, JV straightened him out right away. Unfortunately, I needed Garcia on the 8 to get 2nd. It was not a good day at the Spa yesterday. Hopefully today will be MUCH better!

good point and thanks for the advice.