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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
If you watch race #2, the #9 horse wiped out several horses to his inside leaving the gate. He was left up. I guess if you eliminate horses through the very early stages of the races, no problem. However, if your horse drifts out, while the rider is making every effort to keep him straight...even costing his horse momentum to do so...you get DQ'd.
There is major flawed logic there.
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I know this is going to sound insane but is it possible what happened yesterday in the second race was an actual mistake made by the stewards? They looked at the head-on for a long time and a bunch of us were discussing what we thought the outcome would be. At first glance I thought there was no way that the 9 would stay up. Then I noticed they were paying particular attention to the pan view of the start. My opinion started to sway because the outside horse, who I took for the 9, was so far clear of the others that it appeared the jockey on the 7 took up unnecessarily. My opinion changed and I felt that the number would stay. After a few minutes of abuse from my friends, it was posted official. They were amazed and I felt smart. I bet you are saying to yourself, wait you moron, the 9 actually wasn't the outside horse the 1A was the outside horse, which is what I realized last night when watching the replay on FSNY. After watching it some more on racereplays.com the 9 was not in view until well after the start, but the stewards never let it roll that far. They were looking at the first few jumps and that was basically it. Is it possible they were focusing on the 1A, seeing he was well clear of the trouble, mistakenly took him for the 9 as I did, and dismissed the foul? I think we all agree that they aren’t the brightest bulbs on the marquee, it you get my drift.
Otherwise I cannot come up with a reason why the 9 would've stayed.