Aqueduct race 9 today

[philcski]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I thought for a second when I saw the actual DQ that Gales had snuck into the stewards' booth and exacted some revenge on his nemeses Dominguez and Rice.

All kidding aside it was a horrendous DQ and by my calculations it was the second time in about a month (they took down a heavy fave trained by Levine in early November) that was incredibly inconsistent.

NT

Originally Posted by freddymo

I agree.. it was total inconsisent with there previous mindset. IF this is a new leaf they had better be turning it frequently

Agreed- consistency is all we're asking for, across all jurisdictions. In KY they let the jocks get away with murder, in NY I've seen times where a horse has been taken down without contact. This was a case where there should have been no change, end of story. The favorite should have stayed up. It sets a bad precedent to allow stewards to make changes with as little contact/impact on the race as this.