Re: Top Flight Handicap (505 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: November 25, 2006 04:39PM
I agree that in this case Rahy’s Appeal would have beaten Malibu Mint in any case, but in general I don’t particularly like letting the stewards decide just how many lengths a flagrant foul costs a horse. Like colt, I’ve seen too many appalling decisions like that in California. Particular.
A foul is a foul and the stewards job is to penalize them. I don’t like the idea of letting a rider get away with it just because it looks like he was going to win anyway. What kind of deterrent is it if we let someone on a what looks like a winner flaunt the rules?
Those that bet RA have a right to be mad, but at Garcia for his careless riding, not the stewards.
Bob