Re: What's up with the NYRA Stewards (236 Views)
Posted by:
Socalman3 (IP Logged)
Date: December 18, 2023 01:19PM
Socalman3 Wrote:
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> Roman Wrote:
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> > The 12 horse looked like it was keeping a
> straight
> > course, read that they dq'ed the 12 because he
> > didn't make room for the other horses. So by
> > keeping his position, he did not relieve the
> > "pressure" from the other 3 horses trying to go
> > for the same spot. When you think you heard and
> > seen it all!
>
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> This was truly amazing - a horse being DQ'ed
> because he kept a straight path. If you read the
> official chart, it describes the DQ'ed horse as
> being bumped in the hind-end (passively receiving
> the bump - which is consistent with being faulted
> for keeping a straight path). Here is what is
> really crazy, they are suspending Alvarado for 3
> days for the sin of keeping a straight path (they
> called it careless riding).
>
> I read that it took them 12 minutes to make the
> disqualification decision. If the foul was
> meritorious of a suspension, why did it take 12
> minutes to figure that out? Presumably a flagrant
> foul does not require a lengthy review to figure
> out.
BTW, I wonder how often it happens that they suspend a rider for careless riding when no other rider claimed foul against him. You would think that riders would have a motivation to claim foul against a careless rider who endangered them -- even if the alleged foul caused you to finish last.
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