Love it or hate it, it seems the criteria in NY is not whether there was interference. It’s whether the interference cost a horse a position (impacting payoffs for horse players and purses for connections). I happen to want the stewards to make as few DQ decisions as possible. So I actually like their criteria. My only problem with either of these decisions is that if you aren’t going to DQ some clear interferences because no position change was involved, you have to follow through with fines or suspensions to discourage reckless and rough riding.
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 08-26-2021 at 10:40 AM.
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