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Old 08-25-2021, 07:43 PM   #16
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In race 8 the impeded horse could have very well fell down and that’s what I don’t get with the inconsistency of stewards. If the horse fell down then the favorite would have automatically been taken down. Even though that didn’t happen it mind as well have. One of the worst calls in the history of horse racing IMO. I would investigate those stewards.
Now that you've chimed in WMB, we can expect TLG in 3....2....1.....
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Old 08-25-2021, 08:04 PM   #17
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I mean sure I'm most pissed because they took my down
but then 2 races later an even $ chalk completely takes out another horse costing him at the very least several lengths yet stays up for the win.
watch the replay and tell me the finished 3.5 lengths behind the 3rd place finisher.


I've known this since I was very young,
order of finish should stay as finished regardless of anything else.
Suspend and or fine the jockeys if deemed so.
Even go so far as to changing the purse payouts,
But do not change the order of finish to affect the bettors.

a week and half ago they took my horse Busker Allie down too in Del Mar's 1st race that was wholly BS



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Old 08-25-2021, 08:25 PM   #18
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the fact Javier never claimed foul is a mute point because they posted the inquiry sign way before the horses got back to the winners circle. I mean what is he gonna say to the stewards that they can't see on video?
In my experience the jockey will still claim foul if they wish to object, whether or not an inquiry has already been called.
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Old 08-25-2021, 08:30 PM   #19
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I had no problem with either call. My god come on now this is horse racing where anything can happen. That’s one of the reasons why I don’t look for Winners per se. I look to make Winning plays by making Vertical exotic bets and of course hedging my bets to cover many possible outcomes.

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Old 08-25-2021, 08:33 PM   #20
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Now that you've chimed in WMB, we can expect TLG in 3....2....1.....
Yeah its kind of creepy that he stalks all of my posts like hes tracking me or something. BTW I was at Saratoga today and bumped into Ron Nicoletti from Gulfstream. Very astute capper and provides great info on races with no schtick needed. Nice guy all around.
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Old 08-25-2021, 08:52 PM   #21
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Really did not see a problem with any of the stewards decisions today at Toga. Even though the last race DQ took me out of the exacta.
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Old 08-25-2021, 08:59 PM   #22
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The first dq looks right to me. He carried the horse in a long way and eliminated any chance he had and the horse was clearly in contention. . The 2nd dq, brings up something I always hated in the rules. If the interfered with horse gets nipped for at the wire(or falls) they have to take down the favorite, since he didn't, you have to make a determination that the interferred with horse could have finished ahead of any of the 3 horses that finished in front of him. In this case that is an impossible determination to make (one way or the other). If they took down the favorite, imo, that would have stirred up even more anger. No matter what rules are used, there will always be frustration and controversy. Nothing more frustrating than having a 13-1 horse who was likely clearly best get taken down, but he did eliminate any chance the other horse had of doing better.


Inquirys are unfortunately part of this game and with many folks betting superfectas, every take down or non take down can cost someone a lot of money. You just have to assume that the stewards will do their best to make the best decision they can. A lot of times the decisions are very tough and very tricky. Sometimes they will get it wrong. Sometimes I think they make a purposely wrong decision just because they don't want to take a horse down (I cannot provide an example it is just a conclusion I have formed in my head). I don't think they were were wrong in either of the 2 Saratoga races.

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Old 08-25-2021, 09:34 PM   #23
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I'm not a track steward, I'm just a lowly horseplayer...but even so, I couldn't help noticing that the maligned was gaining ground on the outside after the blatant interference. Is this what horses typically do when they are "out of gas"?
Good question. "The wasn't going to catch the top three" is one of the sillier defenses of a no-change that I have heard in quite a while. Well, no, not after the interference, he wasn't, but he outran the other two inside him down the stretch. He had a ground-saving trip behind the pacesetters, tipped out at the top of the stretch for clear sailing, and got bumped. Since when do we divine the outcome of races with an entire stretch yet to be run?

The sixth race was officiated properly.
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Old 08-25-2021, 10:56 PM   #24
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the fact Javier never claimed foul is a mute point because they posted the inquiry sign way before the horses got back to the winners circle. I mean what is he gonna say to the stewards that they can't see on video?
i thought the 8 came over late in the race, but not sure if that would have cost a placing to the 3.

the 10 coming over on three had about a 90% chance of a placing. i did have a dog in this race, I had the 3.
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Old 08-26-2021, 12:27 AM   #25
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Stewards got both races right, easily.

Race 6, winner did drift inside massively hearding 3 into the 8 causing the 3 to lose momentum when it probably would get the 8 if the 10 had ran in a straight line.

Race 8 Did the 5 interfere the 2? No doubt yes imo; did it cause the 2 a placing? I think there wasn't a chance 2 was doing better then 4th if no interference takes place. No dq, give the jockey a week vacation.
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Old 08-26-2021, 12:32 AM   #26
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Good question. "The wasn't going to catch the top three" is one of the sillier defenses of a no-change that I have heard in quite a while. Well, no, not after the interference, he wasn't, but he outran the other two inside him down the stretch. He had a ground-saving trip behind the pacesetters, tipped out at the top of the stretch for clear sailing, and got bumped. Since when do we divine the outcome of races with an entire stretch yet to be run?

The sixth race was officiated properly.
you don't want a system where any foul is an insta-dq, things get messy fast, the current way isn't great but it's the most fair IMO. And it does bring up weird scenarios where if the 2 in the 8th had finished 5th instead of 4th, then a dq would be the right call since the interference did cause the 2 to lose purse money for the owners.
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Old 08-26-2021, 01:17 AM   #27
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I would've left up the 10 because it was 2 YO fillies routing , all but 1 for the 1st time. Sewards should allow for some wandering in deep stretch.

I would've taken down the 5 because he crossed 2 or 3 paths. And it was a body slam. Also he's a lightly raced 4 year old. Not my problem a 4YO is still green in the stretch. or needs blinkers next time.


I got shut out in the 6th. The FS2 feed is delayed and I got caught watching them load on TV while the gate had already popped irl.


I bet the 8, Giocare in the 8th race.

So I was not involved.
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Old 08-26-2021, 09:07 AM   #28
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There's the 'cost a placing' justification for ruling, itself.
Sometimes this is the main emphasis of a ruling. Sometimes it is either incompetently applied or deemphasized.

Within the 'cost-a-placing' idea - I think it's crazy to suggest that if a horse proves best and wins, but happens to make the 2nd best horse finish 4th, or the the possibly 3rd best horse finish fourth (etc...), that the best horse should then be DQ'd due to 'cost a placing' concerns.

That is mind boggling to me. Betting has an emphasis on picking winners.

When you take down a horse that has proven best, you hurt bettors.



I'd like to see some more creative ideas.

If a jock like Cancel in the 6th causes the 2nd and 3rd best horses to possibly flip-flop positions? - Fine Cancel up to $10,000 (or a figure better calculated than 2seconds of RF's morning thoughtless rant) - use that Fine to then Pay both the 2nd and 3rd fuzzy best horses for PLACE (2ND money).
If it's a stakes race, and $10k or $30k or whatever they feel is a good hard fine to hit these jocks with when they recklessly endanger other horses/riders/bettors? - then compromise with the best distribution while using that $10k. I'd guess it should cover most purse distributions pretty well.

It's great to have nice reliable Stewards who have served the company, and check all the boxes, and have connections and history with the track, but if you keep the same people, they need to learn some fundamental common accepted practices to consistently enforce, and be able to pass testing on these, or undergo training until they pass.

Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe the owners aren't getting enough excitement in racing horses, and prefer or insist on the randomness that we get once race goes to the stewards? If that is the case, - disregard.

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Old 08-26-2021, 09:19 AM   #29
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The problem is magnified as different states/tracks use different criteria when evaluating fouls. For example stewards at Penn National will tell you that a foul is a foul. They do not consider if a horse was cost a placing. While other venues key on whether or not a horse lost a placing.

This lack of consistency can be very frustrating to those of us who wager.

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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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