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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
. Bettors want to be paid. If a horse wins by 12, you pay the winners off. As far as rules of racing goes, punish the jock behind the scenes, but leave the pari mutuel stuff alone. Its not unprecedented that a jock be left up and then fined/suspended for a mistake he 'allegedly' made.
Bettors dont' want stewards playing god with their money and that's exactly what happened in this situation.
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I watched the replay, including the head-on, and the looked at the chart. The chart writer adequately described the event. The
simply took a bad step. The
and/or the
had nothing to do with it.
Stillriledup has been "spot on" with all of his posts. The
was clearly the best horse in the race and should have never been DQ'ed. The connections were unjustly punished. This was a case of the stewards overreaching. Don't know if the connections have any recourse through the racing commission, but they should look into it. Clearly, the stewards blew this one.
Lastly, if, and that's a big if, the rider committed some type of infringement; it should have been dealt with as a separate matter. The connections and those who wagered on the
got hosed. These kinds of decisions continue to have the sport looked at in a negative way.
