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Originally Posted by Phantombridgejumpe
It is Race 4 on August 2nd at Finger Lakes.
Seemed like the Old Guard thought it shouldn't be a DQ and the newer
players thought it certainly would.
Just an interesting case where the fans (majority of who
didn't even bet the race) could not agree.
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Well, at SRU downs there would have been NO long inquiry, and the original finish stands.
Excellent example of "50-50" sort of call, IMHO (unlike the Orino race). The
was definitely gaining, the
comes out under left hand urging, and contact is made. After, reviewing the low-res pan and head-on shots replay of the race, it comes down to several subjective outlooks:
a. The
was going to go by the
and win
b. The
, once challenged, was going to fight back since it had a bettor trip and had more "left in the tank"
c. The
, though impeded, had further opportunity to go by the
, and failed to do so
A case can be made for either result, but I happen to agree with the stewards in leaving the deuce up. Contact, while it occurred, was not flagrant enough to know if it altered the outcome....for sure.
To add to the flawed, subjective system, we also have to consider the factor of "where the foul occurred" during the race. Obviously, the deep stretch incidents make up the majority of the inquiries. But had the
made similar contact with the
going into the first turn, is there even an inquiry? Especially if the
goes wide, fades and finishes 6th? Like holding in the NFL on every play, there's contact between the horses in every race.
If the stewards DQ the
, then bettors of the
scream foul, and assume the officials had an interest in that result. Since the stewards leave the
up, the bettors of the
can complain that they got the short end of the stick. Either way, there will be some players that are unhappy.
Only at SRU Downs can everyone look at the result, shrug, and move on to the next race without malice in their hearts....
