BitPlayer Wrote:
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> The unanimous DQ of War of Will from 5th in
> yesterday's Shoemaker Mile marks two weekends in a
> row that the Santa Anita stewards have DQ'd a
> horse for interference at the start. (Yesterday's
> DQ was particularly odd because the horse inside
> War of Will (Voodoo Song) was already going left
> before War of Will made contact.) So far it has
> involved only minor placings, but DQ's that affect
> the winner or the exacta have to be coming. Maybe
> it's a safety thing? In general, I would prefer
> that the stewards be less, not more, involved in
> determining outcomes and that, whatever they do,
> they do it more quickly.
It is a safety thing. The horse violated social distancing protocols.