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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
Intent, Joey. Period.
Ortiz purposely herded Upstart left-handed into Itsaknockout's path, bothered the horse, then causes the bothered horse to check, then went right-handed.
Caught dead to rights.
Zero intent in the 12th. Contreras was RIGHT HANDED, leading Danish Dynaformer away from Dreaming of Gold. Once Castellano leveled, there was mutual bumping as they we BOTH being ridden - if anything Castellano goes righthanded late and comes in a little on DD, but nothing that bothered the horse.
Correct call on both accounts-
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I respect your opinion but I disagree on all points. I think if stewards - who have proven themselves frighteningly incompetent across the board on basic infractions - are supposed to now start trying to decipher intent, we are only going to have more and more inexplicable DQs.
The only thing I give a good f*ck about as a bettor is did one horse's actions cost another horse a better placing. It's why House Rules should've gotten DQ'ed if Sheer Drama had lost 2nd in the Rampart. There is no galaxy in which Upstart's minimal interference cost Itsaknockout the win in the Fountain of Yourh. And once again, the significant contact in the 12th was initiated by the 8 both times.