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Originally Posted by westernmassbob
Well in some cases it has. If the gate opens and a horse flips in gate and doesn’t have a fair start stewards have made decisions to declare horses as non starters.
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The decision Stewards must make is very clear. If a horse flips in the gate they will ask two questions and only two questions.
1. Did the starting gate function properly? Can the horse flipping be blamed on a malfunction of the gate?
2. Was there any human error involved? This can happen in a few ways. By far the most common is did the assistant starter release the bridle in such a manner as to allow for a fair start?
If the answer to those two questions is YES.
A horse will NOT be declared a NON STARTER.
