Re: Sword Dancer: ? for the board (1103 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2016 04:56PM
SoCal,
I think the horse should have been DQed from 5th to 6th. That said, the jockey didn't object and I don't remember a trainer objection being upheld
That is one incident.
As for the four star Dave, I badly needed the 7. My meet deficit would be half of what it is now with that DQ. But it wasn't a bad call. Before the deci on was made, I gave it a 10 percent chance of being a DQ. There is a long recent history of these gate infractions not being enforced. Why would u think this one would? This was nowhere near as bad as Bayern and not within a mile of the ridiculous Delaware handicap race where i'm a chatterbox crushed the entires field including the 2nd place horse, and didn't come down.
Gate infractions are seldom enforced.
Not sure why. But u can't be surprised, blame the local stewards, or be surprised. It is pretty standard across the board and doesn't seem like it is changing.
Jim