jimbo66 Wrote:
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> 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

I do not recall the exact race, but one of the 2yo colt stakes races had a completely ridiculous DQ. Other posters here have complained about it. So we are already up to three incredible incidents without breaking a sweat.

As to the 4stardave -- you may be explaining the truth, but shouldn't that find its way into the Stewards' published decision? They didn't say a higher standard applies to the start that was not attained in this case. Rather, they said the problems were equally the fault of the 1 and the 8, so they were not disqualifying the 8.

Although I think they have their facts completely wrong, even if you grant them their facts, how does the 1 committing a foul against the 2 justify letting the 8 off for committing a foul against the 7? Just on its face, saying something so ridiculous should call into question what flavor of oatmeal is in these guys' skulls.

On the Sword Dancer, the question before us, I challenge anybody to read their decision and figure out what they are saying. They might not be sentient. I am guessing that no human writes these decisions -- seems they are the product of some weird malfunctioning machine. I would love to see an announcer trying to explain these decisions to the crowd over the PA.