Seemed obvious that the
interfered with the
during the stretch run.
Ortiz was aboard the heavy favorite Guarana
.
The rail has seemed to be 'tiring' and Guarana was evening out just a bit in the stretch, so Ortiz tried to do the thing where you 'whip righty, but swing the horse out at the same time, and Guarana stayed pretty straight, so he went the left hand whip and Guarana responded a bit too much, 'shied out' into the path of the
.
For some reason, the Stewards did not appear to announce an Inquiry - TBH I don't have that info.
Castellano apparently didn't object? - TBH I don't have that info.
Finally there was an 'Owner's Objection'? alleging interference in the stretch.
Sure you can say "Ohh the
was never catching the
"
I don't know how you can precisely calculate a horse shying out in front of a horse. I don't care about 'intent' in these calls, so my following point is not one of intent as a factor of a call per se, but the obvious intent is also a sign that 'a race was on'.
To disclose, I bet the entire little Twinspires account bankroll on
Guarana to win. I could the feel the 'pressure' of the
evening while the
was finishing willingly, and I saw the obvious herd/shied...