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Old 08-10-2023, 12:42 PM   #13
PhantomOnTour
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Originally Posted by aaron View Post
In my opinion Andy did a very good interview.What I don't agree with is that David O'Rourke showed leadership. It is easy to take blame after the incident. A real leader would have been pro active and prevented the incident.What does he get paid for ? To apologize for incompetence. To me he sounded more like a political patronage person than a CEO.If in a case like this he can't overrule stewards, then what exactly can he do ? I would never say that he should overrule stewards for what happens in a race, but he should be able to protect the bettor in unusual circumstances.
This ^^^

It's all well and good that he apologized, but what about the money??? (which is what it's all about really)

Agree that Andy handled the interview very well
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