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Originally Posted by jameegray1
Stewards thought he broke through the gate and so scratched him and he was removed from the pool in some jurisdictions. They then realised he was actually released from the gate by an assistant starter and so was allowed to run. Californian rules state that once a horse has been removed from the pool due to an error the horse shall start but race for purse money only.
The worst mess-up I've seen so far in US horse racing. And I've seen some good ones!
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If that is indeed the sequence, this is not a big deal (although it is a bad beat for certain bettors). The rules worked the way they are supposed to; the stewards thought, as I did, that he broke through the gate and looked bad doing it, and were trying to protect the integrity of the betting pools.
