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Originally Posted by Sea Biscuit
Disqualifications have been a part of the horse racing game since the beginning of time.
Good or bad the rule is if a part of the sulky goes over 3 consecutive pylons you are to be placed last. This rule is the same for a 150 grand and also a million dollar race.
Ake's sulky not only went over 3 pylons, his horse's feet even left the track.
Now what part of the rule you don't understand?
I understand that the public who bet the horse will be pissed off by the DQ but it also helped the the bettors who wagered on the Bee. In the long run it evens out.
I can assure you nobody quits the game just because of a DQ, Not even you.
If you want to have the rule changed, get busy and start a campaign and start writing letters to the powers at be who have a say in the matter.
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pylon dqs are never 'by the book' every track 'decides' who gets placed down and who does not, its not like a puck over the glass in the nhl in the defensive zone by a defensive player, decisions are made, not every pylon horse comes down, most judges use some discretion.
