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Originally Posted by Poindexter
I don't even know that the rules are in any jurisdictions for these types of situations but the bolded part above makes no sense. I understand that the horse lost it's best chance to win the race so declaring him a non starter makes sense as frustrating as it may be for exotics bettors or place/show bettors etc. I might even go as far as to say that in this type of situation a horse should only be scratched from the results he could not attain (in other words scratched only from the win pool and the exotics with money on him on top), not the ones he did have a chance to attain. It would be a free ride, but why not, nobody's fault that the starting gate malfunctioned.
But why would the owner of the horse be punished for a starting gate malfunction? The horse ran, he ran 2nd he is entitled to the purse for finishing 2nd. To take away his purse money is not only stupid but is thievery.
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That's a good question---what ARE the rules? If you're a nonbetting entrant and finish in a spot that gets purse money, do you get it or do you get nothing? I don't see why any owner would run if they didn't get the purse money that corresponds with where they finish, so I always thought they got paid.
