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Originally Posted by JeremyJet
Hard to believe.
What's going on here, Vic? Does this happen often?
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Riding very close to the edge is nothing new. Especially at elite levels. Irad is a VERY talented rider that will do everything in his power to push the envelope to win.
Heck this is baby shit compared to the way Angel Cordero and Laffit and P Val rode on the edge back in the day.
As for the incident the other day when he dropped the bug boy.
No way was it intentional. But it sure was careless and stupid.
A rider of his quality should never make a blunder like that.
30 days is IMO an appropriate sanction. It could have been much longer had the horse or other rider been badly injured.
He'll be much more on the Stewards' radar moving forward. He better clean this crap up or he'll regret it.
Let's not forget these guys are professional athletes competing at an elite level. Mistakes will be made, and sanctions given out.
In our game those mistakes can be life or death and must be dealt with VERY harshly.