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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
  were racing to for the win, and the 'herded' him out to the 5-path.
I think it was as good a call as they could make.
Some situations you can't have everything perfectly fair. They mess up a lot, but I think this was the 'most fair' of the possible decisions. |
Yep. There's one thing that's an almost assured disqualification in American racing, and that is 2 horses dueling in the stretch, one horse forcing the other horse out several paths, and a photo finish. The stewards will almost automatically assume that the interference cost the other horse the win. This is what got Perrault taken down in the 1982 Santa Anita Handicap.
