Silver Charm Wrote:
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> Got you back 5-1 odds with 25% of the field
> leveraged. If you consider that about 6 others in
> the field had no shot you might have had 35%
> leveraged. The Tri probably paid even better
>
> All one had to do was say Pletcher doesn't fire in
> the Derby. The Stats back that up. And then Wing
> it.
>
> McPeek flat out said we may do something here. I
> don't think he was sure how good what he was
> relative to everyone else. But they were gonna
> fire and had a plan. Yes B Hernandez is Calvin
> Borel 2.0 as the Seminar said.
>
> Sierra Leone should have come down if Maximum
> Security got DQ'd. Right? All this Tyler "Hero"
> bullsh!t. He plays for the Miami Heat and Tyler
> Gafflione is a Jockey. Your left hand and whip
> hand can't strike another horse. It's not he just
> kinda did. Maximum Securoty just kinda drift out
> toooo.

Question on Gaffalione's actions - does he get suspended for doing it?

Apparently the allegation is that it was justified on safety concerns - however, how safe is reaching out and grabbing another rider's horse or reins?

I don't ride, so I cannot speak authoritatively on it. However, I can say I have been watching thousands of races for 50 years and I do not recall this "safety" manuever being undertaken before. Is it possible it is such a rare situation it is only called for every 50 years or so?

Of course, there were famous times where jockeys got into fist fights and hit the other horse, but none of those were alleged to be safety based. I am talking about a situation where one jockey grabs the other jockey's horse and/or reins and it is forgiven as required by safety.

It seems to me that if Gafflione is NOT suspended, then we should start seeing a lot more of these "safety" moves as the photo finish camera nears.