Re: Sword Dancer: ? for the board (903 Views)
Posted by:
TempletonPeck (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2016 05:24PM
SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> Can anybody figure out what they are saying in
> their published decision on the Sword Dancer?
> Here is a link to it --
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> https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/stewards-deci
> sions/aug-27-2016
Boy, they didn't really elaborate much, did they?
"After viewing the available video angles and speaking to the riders involved it was determined by the stewards that no action was warranted." That's the entirety of the 'meat' of their decision - IOW,"We thought at it, and decided we should do nothing."
Then they cite 3 rules, of which this one appears to me to clearly be the one that applies:
"The Stewards also consider [i]whether the offending jockey acted in a willful or careless manner[/i] while interfering with another horse or jockey, for which the interferer may be disqualified, i.e., placed last or unplaced in the order of finish. For example, [i]if an offending jockey acts in a dangerous manner, exhibits extremely improper riding[/i] or impedes several horses, the Stewards may disqualify the offending horse without regard to the specific effect of the foul on the order of finish."