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don't buy the false narrative
opinion = TOUGH BEAT , GOOD CALL
However, the 'narrative' that racing makes this call in a weekday-claimer or whatever does not ring true to me.
Racing does a very poor job when it comes to off-the-board finishers who were fouled. The game lacks consistency with that call, and the definition of the rule-interpretation is due for a league statement/emphasis.
If a winner fouls the place finisher, he's often coming down.
Sometimes you see a non-stakes race like that 'Dessman vs Last Judgement'? Where they almost seem to have an agreement to let the jocks fight it out, and obvious herding is neither objected to, nor inquired.
Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong. Flip a coin on the close calls.
But when the winner fouls a horse, and then a third horse makes a run to duel the winner near the wire, - you need 2 coin-flips - one to even look at it, another to get it right.
Rule clarity and universal rule-interpretation is good for integrity.
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Preparation. Discipline. Patience. Decisiveness.
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