Three Blind Mice...Revisited....Adirondack (434 Views)
Posted by:
SoCalMan2 (IP Logged)
Date: August 16, 2007 10:52PM
Anybody care to explain the "decision" in the Adirondack?
Apparently, a horse can be declared a non-starter if it gets an "unfair start" in the opinion of the stewards. I had never hear this before. I have seen non-starters be declared when when the gate does not open or when the ass't starter does not let go of the reins. However, in this case, the filly reared and got off to an extremely poor start.
In my opinion, this ended up halving all of my pick 6 consolation payoffs and pick 4 payoffs. I have lots enormous amounts of money on horses who have gotten off to bad starts and have never gotten such a refund.
How do the stewards draw the line between a bad start and an unfair start? This just seems completely absurd. Horses rear at the start all the time....why was the Adirondack different?