Thread: Disgusted..
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:24 PM
pgardn
 
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
The really amazing thing here is that lost amidst the whining over a 3:5 shot that didn't deserve to get put up was a genuine foul that was commited in the other baby race yet also resulted in a no-call. I guess the posters here agree with the stewards aound the country who place way more emphasis on incidental stretch contact than they do on legitimate rough stuff that happens at earlier stages of the races.

Or else they don't really watch the races.
Much easier to make calls late than early.
Early in the race an outcome is much less certain than it
is late. Therefore it only seems logical if the Stewards make
a call before the turn home, and easier in the stretch, it better
be an egregious act.
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