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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

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.

I'm 100% sick of Irad's shenanigans to the point I'm not even betting races he is involved in, mostly because he gets a free pass from the stewards no matter how much of a menace he is during a race.