Re: Sword Dancer: ? for the board (1091 Views)
Posted by:
SoCalMan2 (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2016 03:36PM
Why are the stewards getting a free pass here?
The trainer of the horse that was interfered with claimed foul against the horse that did the interfering. It doesnt seem like anybody is questioning the fact that the rail horse interfered with the horse just outside of him. Why isn't Roman Approval entitled to move up with Gryder's horse moving down?
Fair disclosure -- I am still very much smarting over the Stewards Non-Call in the 4stardave. I still cannot understand how they can say they are disallowing the 7 horse's claim of foul against the 8 horse because the 1 horse fouled the 2 horse. It doesnt pass the redface test.
Why is the only steward to ever get punished for anything is John Veitch?
Shouldn't the stewards be subject to some form of censure or punishment if they completely blow a call (not bad judgment, getting something wrong I am talking about)? They get to DQ horses and their connections, but the stewards cannot be DQ'ed. They should have to sit in the penalty box for a while. They might do a better job if that was hanging over their head.
A poster here mentioned one of the 2yo stakes were the DQ was completely ridiculous.
I cannot believe I am saying this, but it might be fair to say that the Stewards are having an even worse meet than the linemaker. I wouldnt have thought that was possible, but is there anybody who can defend their failure to DQ Gryder's horse? (BTW, I like Richie's point -- if an entry mate is run as a pick (basketball) for its other half and fouls somebody, shouldn't the whole entry suffer? If not, why not just enter lots of entry mates (goons) and just check all the competition every step of the way.....might be a cool new sport (not).