Disgusted..

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

this was easy... nothing difficult about this one.

Given the varying opinions on this board, I don't think there was anything "easy" about this one. And when that's the case, they should err on the side of leaving the horse up.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Given the varying opinions on this board, I don't think there was anything "easy" about this one. And when that's the case, they should err on the side of leaving the horse up.

nothing anyone can say will make me think this horse should have stayed up, i have watched the replay multiple times as well as the head on, bafferts horse was the best horse AND WAS BUMPED AND DRIFTED INTO.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

nothing anyone can say will make me think this horse should have stayed up, i have watched the replay multiple times as well as the head on, bafferts horse was the best horse AND WAS BUMPED AND DRIFTED INTO.

Fine, that's your opinion; it doesn't make the rest of ours any less valid.

[ninetoone]

I didn't see the race either, but I'll always root for the 15 dollar horse to stay up over the 70 cent chalk.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by ninetoone

I didn't see the race either, but I'll always root for the 15 dollar horse to stay up over the 70 cent chalk.

Actually, the winner was a $32 horse.

[ninetoone]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Actually, the winner was a $32 horse.

yeah, 15 to 1

[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.

[ninetoone]

I wish I could say that the fact that it was a 3/5 shot didn't affect my judgement, but it does. I guess I'll never be a steward.

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.

[the_fat_man]

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.

You referring to the horse getting pinched on the rail going into the turn?

Let me echo that last point: anyone who hasn't seen the race and, more specifically the HEADON, really shouldn't be commenting on it. Not that actually watching the race would do much good in most cases.

[parsixfarms]

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.

I saw the replay show tonight, and obviously a number of horses had trouble on the turn. Without the benefit of the head-on, it was hard to discern who committed the foul that you are talking about? The two horses that seemed to benefit most from the trouble finished 5th and 7th.