Spa Day 12 - 8/1/13 Play Along

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Originally Posted by LAP_520

NY Stewards must of taken a page from Calif Stewards rules.... First few jumps out of the gate have no bearing or incident in the race.... anything is allowed.

At Del Mar recently, the 4 horse turned left out of the gate and right in front of the 3 and the 2..... needless to say both of the horses cut off ( and the 3 was hit) finished far back. The 4 straighten out,,, raced on and finished second.
NO DQ after the INQUIRY .. reason given ...
First few jumps out of the gate have no bearing or incident in the race....

Could not believe what I was hearing.

Lost my exacta wager because of no action taken.

I think it is outrageous, the 5, which appeared from the limited Euro PP's has speed, was completely eliminated by the 7's left turn out of the gate. I don't buy the explanation that anything is allowed out of the gate. Failing to even look at that compromises the integrity of the product, I feel ripped off since a horse I used quite a bit in the pk4 never had a chance to win this race because the winner interfered with him at the start. Complete BS!