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Originally Posted by Pants II
I know it's all subjective but the head-on shows the inside horse initiated the contact.
Then the outside horse comes in slightly and then Upstart initiates contact with the 5.
And it's not that Upstart winning by 2 and change is impressive...they were crawling home. That should factor in as well.
How can you logically say a horse beaten multiple lengths with those closing fractions would've won the race if he wasn't bumped? With utmost certainty?
IMO it's a bad disqualification.
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The Track variant was a 23 - they were all crawling. Itsaknockout was coming and on even terms may have had something to say about the outcome. Why else would Ortiz interfere?
As I mentioned - They penalized Ortiz's intent for a bone-head move, and as IC said, would not be surprised if he gets days or at least a warning for.
Personally I wasn't impressed by anything in that race.