I know it's all subjective but the head-on shows the inside horse initiated the contact.
Then the outside horse comes in slightly and then Upstart initiates contact with the 5.
And it's not that Upstart winning by 2 and change is impressive...they were crawling home. That should factor in as well.
How can you logically say a horse beaten multiple lengths with those closing fractions would've won the race if he wasn't bumped? With utmost certainty?
IMO it's a bad disqualification.
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