Socalman3 Wrote:
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> 1) please watch replay of this race and tell me
> how 4th place horse doesn’t get taken down and
> placed 8th? Horse blantantly slams the 8th place
> horse who promptly falls back and then rallies
> again somewhat. Connections have no incentive to
> make claim because no difference in purse money.
> Stewards should have been on alert for superfecta
> bettors. No question horse comes down if claim of
> foul. Why no Steward protection of superfecta
> betting public?
>
> 2) Not all Servis horses alike. The 8 year old
> ran like an 8 year old. The 3yo was probably a
> superb horse before he met Servis. Interesting
> study was Vision Perfect who was a reasonable but
> not flashy horse for trainer Donk. On switch to
> Servis barn, horse definitely benefited From
> something that Donk was not giving him. It would
> appear that magic did not survive the drug
> protocol. This showed you cannot paint all horses
> with one brush. No offense to seminar, but not
> all Servis horses are alike.


By the way, are 5th place connections allowed to make claim against 4th place horse using 8th place horse’s foul? If I owned 5th place horse, I lost 4th money because 8th place horse has no motivation to move up to 7th.