>>>According to Equibase, Eads has ridden
1,559 winners from 11,509 mounts between 1990 and April 19 of this year.
From March 21 to April 19, he had two winners from 15 mounts. Among the stakes winners he has ridden have been Maysville Slew, Indigo Girl, and Avie’s Lady.
Equibase statistics show that Santiago has ridden
231 winners from 2,865 mounts between 1990 and April 19. He was winless with 21 mounts from March 21 to April 19.<<<
Whatever they did, it sure doesn't seem to have helped them.... My guess is that they were overweighted on favorites to throw the race - the fact that it is egregious enough for the LSRC to get involved
after the stewards ruled and then said 6 months wasn't stiff enough....