nyra / gate crew

[gales0678]

Steve - any response from NYRA or anything on the NYRA website in what took place on Sat in R7 at Belmont at the start ?

For those that didn't see it when the gates opened the #7 was in the grasp of one of the gate crew members , the horse reared up and spotted the field multiple lengths. Outside of the eventual winner the #7 was the other speed in the race. Now the Linda Rice horse (#11)is able to get out on a loose lead. The#11 goes wire to wire and wins the race.

Nyra gives a refund on the #7 , but, that's little consolation to the p4 and p6players - they get moved to the post time favorite the #6 - who needed another horse to push the #11 on the front end . problem was the other horse was left in the gate.

So if you were lucky eneough to only play a pick 3 you got a conso. payout.

Is there any reason why NYRA can't refund a p4 / p6 ticket in this situation or at least pay a conso on the p4 assuming you had the other 3 legs?

The guy who makes a win bet on the #7 got his money back , but, the guy who plays the late p4 and had the #7 singled and hit the other 3 legs walks away a loser - why no refund?

How can this happen? the gate crew was flawless on Belmont Day from the races I saw when the whole world was watching , but, now on a sleepy sat afternoon we get one of these gate crew incidents again that affected the entire dynamic of the race.