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Originally Posted by jay68802
What is this, the 3rd or 4th time these two have been involved in a inquiry this meet? Been building for a while now. Irad tried to sell one earlier, now this. Two aggressive riders, that have mixed it up before. Keeps happening, the reason for this is the Stewards have allowed it to get to this point. In this race, Irad went from the 3 path to the rail, causing the incident. Then shows how much of a pussy he is by hitting Paco while he is sitting in a chair. Should have been suspended for at least a week.
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Did you see that ride the other day on turf (Irad may have been on a Motion horse?), where there was a heavy favorite rival, and also a third contender ridden by his brother Jose (may have been on a Shug horse, don't remember)?
Irad was on a horse that was projected to be on the pace, and the horse took a fair amount of mid-priced money, but he blew the race open with a ridiculous hot pace that had no chance of winning.
It looked even worse, given that Jose was well positioned from the break, and with the pace setup, almost beat the chalk. His brother didn't happen to win the race, but it did eliminate the horse Irad was on (who some bet or keyed in hopes of using the pace advantage).
May not have even affected the outcome, but the optics were bad. Obviously no explanation was offered to the public regarding the tactics.