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Originally Posted by thaskalos
IMO...the race replay should have been shown by the track right after it was decided that the jockey was up and around. This wasn't a case where a horse goes down and takes the jockey with it; I can see the argument against showing the replay in those types of "tragedy" cases. This was a very unusual case where it really looked as if the jockey jumped off the horse right on the shadow of the wire...just as they used to orchestrate in those gangster movies of yesteryear. It's good to have a "protocol" in place...but you must also have a certain degree of "flexibility" when running a sport...in order to deal with the real "unusual" events that occur, once in a long while.
To switch off to some South American track as if nothing at Gulfstream was left undone was the wrong thing to do. The bettors who were involved in the wagering of that race deserved better...IMO.
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When exactly did they first show it? I thought that it took awhile to get him off the track, and that it was shown after that.
As for the track feed, I have no explanation if they went to a S Amer track. I'm not used to the feed showing anything but the races there at the track. Perhaps they were in a situation where damned if you do, damned if you don't, they had no replay of the race there yet avail to show so they went over to a race that perhaps they thought patrons were playing and wanting to watch.