Re: If I read this correctly it's nuts (1228 Views)
Posted by:
t_fin (IP Logged)
Date: October 04, 2017 12:50AM
here is what they actually decided:
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[quote]If, in the opinion of the Staging Authority’s relevant judicial body, a horse or its rider causes interference and finishes in front of the horse interfered with but irrespective of the incident(s) the sufferer would not have finished ahead of the horse causing the interference, the judge’s placings will remain unaltered.
If, in the opinion of the Staging Authority’s relevant judicial body, a horse or its rider causes interference and finishes in front of the horse interfered with and if not for the incident(s) the sufferer would have finished ahead of the horse causing the interference, the interferer will be placed immediately behind the sufferer.
Racing Authorities may, within their Rules, provide for the disqualification of a horse from a race in circumstances in which the Staging Authority’s relevant judicial body deems that the rider has ridden in a dangerous manner.[/quote]
this does not appear to address situations in which a horse that did not suffer interference nonetheless benefits from the result of interference involving other horses.
