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Old 08-19-2022, 11:50 PM   #1
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Jockey misjudges finish line at Laurel

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Old 08-20-2022, 01:20 AM   #2
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In the UK, that's the easiest automatic 21 day vacation for failure to ride out causing the loss of a win. Was that the normal finish line at Laurel and was the jock from out of town (doesn't matter either way, just wondering how it happens)?
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Old 08-20-2022, 01:42 AM   #3
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In the UK, that's the easiest automatic 21 day vacation for failure to ride out causing the loss of a win. Was that the normal finish line at Laurel and was the jock from out of town (doesn't matter either way, just wondering how it happens)?
There's two finish lines, depending on the distance of the race. Ruiz stopped riding at the first finish line.
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Old 08-20-2022, 07:05 AM   #4
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I don’t necessarily think the 1 horse was going to win the race but he definitely caused himself to lose a placing. There is no reason to have two finish lines at any track, just put the starting gate where it needs to go and have one finish line.
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Old 08-20-2022, 07:44 AM   #5
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There's two finish lines, depending on the distance of the race. Ruiz stopped riding at the first finish line.
Laurel has two finish lines for both dirt and turf racing.
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Old 08-20-2022, 08:21 AM   #6
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Laurel has red lights on the finish poles. The correct finish pole light illuminates. This is the very reason for the lights.
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Old 08-20-2022, 11:49 AM   #7
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It also looks like the rider on stood up and got back to riding late, no harm done on that horse finish wise.
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Old 08-20-2022, 01:05 PM   #8
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imo the heyday of this circuit was when it ran w-sun at roughly the same time as nyra. goofy colonial broke the rhythm a little bit and then came frank with his energy drinks, horse wizards and his silly obsession with boring one turn miles. of course the coup de grace was when he messed up the casino deal (what i called triple crown casino at laurel park).........jmo
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This happens a few times every year there.
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I don’t necessarily think the 1 horse was going to win the race but he definitely caused himself to lose a placing. There is no reason to have two finish lines at any track, just put the starting gate where it needs to go and have one finish line.
There's already way too many situations in today's world where we change things around because 56/100ths of one percent of the participants (Ivory Soap, anyone?) screw it up.

Two finish lines allow for more distances to be run more fairly at the tracks where they are in place.
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Old 08-20-2022, 02:06 PM   #11
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I happened to be at and had a wager at Fairplex Park/Pomona Fairgrounds when Matt Garcia was riding a Mandella horse and miscounted the laps in their long distance feature.

He whipped and drove well clear to the finish line in what he thought was a victory only to be passed going into the backstretch by the field as he was easing up to return to the winners circle.

Total embarrassment when he returned horse to be unsaddled.

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I happened to be at and had a wager at Fairplex Park/Pomona Fairgrounds when Matt Garcia was riding a Mandella horse and miscounted the laps in their long distance feature.

He whipped and drove well clear to the finish line in what he thought was a victory only to be passed going into the backstretch by the field as he was easing up to return to the winners circle.

Total embarrassment when he returned horse to be unsaddled.

Before the days of simulcasting when Pomona was a 1/2 mile they had 1-9/16 mi low end starter allowance and claiming races. For some odd reason I liked those and did good betting them. Nothing like seeing a $3200 claimer
roaring down the stretch finishing lap #3.
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I happened to be at and had a wager at Fairplex Park/Pomona Fairgrounds when Matt Garcia was riding a Mandella horse and miscounted the laps in their long distance feature.

He whipped and drove well clear to the finish line in what he thought was a victory only to be passed going into the backstretch by the field as he was easing up to return to the winners circle.

Total embarrassment when he returned horse to be unsaddled.
When Jefferson Downs existed, they'd run marathons on the bullring and I could never figure out on the monitor how many laps they were going.
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I can actually forgive a honest mistake versus some of the intentional shenanigans that go on.
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Old 08-20-2022, 06:37 PM   #15
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There's already way too many situations in today's world where we change things around because 56/100ths of one percent of the participants (Ivory Soap, anyone?) screw it up.

Two finish lines allow for more distances to be run more fairly at the tracks where they are in place.
Again. One Finish line is enough because you can put the starting gate anywhere to have the distance you want. A few times a year this fumble happens at multiple tracks. It can easily be avoided.
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