Imprimis

[NoLuvForPletch]

It’s been a great 40 years of enjoying horse racing, but I think I am done. Watching the stewards lack of consistency has hit the tipping point for me today with the DQ of Imprimis. I feel terrible for the owner, trainer and Jose. They stole a Graded Stakes win from this horse for no reason. Also feel bad for the bettors that pay the price far too often. Yes I bet him. Yes it cost me a lot. I really feel like the overhead showed the 1 clear of the 4 and it was a pretty good acting job by Irad. And the 1 won so easily, there was absolutely no reason to put the 2 up for the win because a gelding with no breeding future might have been cost 2nd place in a 200k stakes race. You steal $110k from the connections of the 1 for that? It’s a 16k difference between 2nd and 3rd. WTF????

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

It’s been a great 40 years of enjoying horse racing, but I think I am done. Watching the stewards lack of consistency has hit the tipping point for me today with the DQ of Imprimis. I feel terrible for the owner, trainer and Jose. They stole a Graded Stakes win from this horse for no reason. Also feel bad for the bettors that pay the price far too often. Yes I bet him. Yes it cost me a lot. I really feel like the overhead showed the 1 clear of the 4 and it was a pretty good acting job by Irad. And the 1 won so easily, there was absolutely no reason to put the 2 up for the win because a gelding with no breeding future might have been cost 2nd place in a 200k stakes race. You steal $110k from the connections of the 1 for that? It’s a 16k difference between 2nd and 3rd. WTF????

You say consistency yet based on the DQ last Saturday this was the right call.

Getting DQ’d sucks. I get it. But the 1 came over on the 4, who in turn came over on the 6 who lost all chance.

They don’t DQ based on breeding futures.

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

You say consistency yet based on the DQ last Saturday this was the right call.

Getting DQ’d sucks. I get it. But the 1 came over on the 4, who in turn came over on the 6 who lost all chance.

They don’t DQ based on breeding futures.

Then they should have put the 1 behind the 6, they did not. Additionally, Irad moves the 4 out first so he could see the 1. I didn’t mean to imply breeding futures played any role as I know they do not. The 2 wasn’t impacted and benefited most. The difference it made to move the 4 from 3rd to 2nd is minimal.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

Then they should have put the 1 behind the 6, they did not. Additionally, Irad moves the 4 out first so he could see the 1. I didn’t mean to imply breeding futures played any role as I know they do not. The 2 wasn’t impacted and benefited most. The difference it made to move the 4 from 3rd to 2nd is minimal.

I agree the 1 should’ve been placed behind the 6.

Truthfully the only way to settle a lot of this is big fines for riders and serious suspensions. $500 fines are nothing to guys making millions a year. And suspensions don’t mean a thing when you can appeal them and then take them when you want.

Force some of these guys to sit out the Breeders Cup or another big day and I bet some of this nonsense ends quickly.

[NoLuvForPletch]

What occurred in yesterday’s 8th race with Silky Blue in the stretch was significantly worse than what happened today. Yesterday, no change. Today, horse who was much the best gets DQd.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

What occurred in yesterday’s 8th race with Silky Blue in the stretch was significantly worse than what happened today. Yesterday, no change. Today, horse who was much the best gets DQd.

Yeah that’s not true.

This is almost the exact same thing that happened in the Bowling Green last weekend. There was a DQ there.