Back in the mid 80s, I bet a cold exacta, I think at HP, Mint Leaf to Ice Stealer. Was paying really quite well, and Mint Leaf won the race by about eight lengths, with Ice Stealer in second.
The stewards put up an inquiry, for an incident on the first turn, where Mint Leaf came in maybe six inches and touched Ice Stealer.
Everyone in the crowd was shocked, and even booed, when they took the winner down for basically nothing.
I also got taken down in a down the hill race at SA when I had a win bet on the great Stormy But Valid.
She was at least two to three lengths clear of an incident near the top of the stretch, that she had absolutely nothing to do with. After an agonizingly long inquiry, yep, they took her down. She was three clear and ran a perfectly in her own lane race.
The crowd went apeshit for several minutes.
The only possible explanations were they had a vendetta against Mayberry/Siegels, or they threw the race.
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