NYRA.com Saratoga Replays:
https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/replays
Wed Aug 25 2021 R6
Start watching the Head On Replay at about the 1:38 mark.
Over the next few seconds #10 SARATOGA CHROME (white cap) comes in several paths under right handed urging - taking #3 WHATLOVELOOKSLIKE (multicolored black and white cap) in several paths. Eventually her rider checks after being carried in behind #8 WATERVILLE (orange cap.)
See the three thumbnail images below. The first was taken at about the 1:38 mark in the head on replay video - the second at about the 1:42 mark - and the third a second later at the 1:43 mark.
Or just go to the NYRA.com site, watch the head on replay - and feel free to make your own call.
I don't have a dog in this fight and didn't have a bet in this race.
Knowing what the rules are - based on the head on replay - I can't really fault the stewards for ruling the way they did.
-jp
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