mr patent brings up a good point regarding the limited liabilities of tracks, not that i am justifying that status, at least not in this egregious case.

i did some research this summer on an instance at saratoga that occurred on the Lady's Secret Whitney undercard in which the stewards took down the wrong horse.

a horse jumped the inner turf rail during the stretch run and the stewards incorrectly ruled that the eventual unofficial winner bore in, causing the accident, when in fact the first horse past the wire was a couple paths away in the middle of the stretch. it never made contact with the injured horse.

i think there was a three horse spill, and amidst the confusion they didn't heed the innocent jock's pleas (i believe it was either santos or crueget--the horse was named altemuse if i'm not mistaken).


there were no refunds and the stewards admitted that they blew it the next day. you can look it up.

if something that blatant can go uncorrected than i'm not too optimistic about future lawsuits. but i hope i'm wrong.