rrbauer
07-03-2009, 04:45 PM
It's amazing to me that you have three stewards sitting on the finish line who collectively have seen tens of thousands of race finishes and they can't call the finish of the 7th race. The winner, #1, Mostbeautifulstorm, took the lead in upper stretch and maintained the lead to the wire winning by a long nose. The horse that ran 2nd, #4, Step Out Smartly, NEVER had its nose in front at any time, coming to the wire or at the wire. Calling that race a dead-heat is a travesty. What's also annoying is that I have not been able to find the P4 pool total on races 4-7 ($100K guaranteed pool which had only $55K in it with 2 minutes to bet) nor were the P4 payouts published in any of the charts or results that I've been able to find for that P4.
As to the other dead-heat race, the 9th, that one was very close and because both horses where "jumping" at the wire it is hard to determine at the precise finish line which one was in front.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/105182.html
As to the other dead-heat race, the 9th, that one was very close and because both horses where "jumping" at the wire it is hard to determine at the precise finish line which one was in front.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/105182.html