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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Not to mention, the notion that a horse has more time to recover from an early foul somehow makes one less egregious is indefensibly moronic. If the horse “recovers” but still falls a few inches short it somehow didn’t affect him but a late one did? That’s such horrifically bad logic it’s hard to believe anyone would endorse it.
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The Hong Kong example was disingenuous if a DQ is dependent on the "severity of the contact". The stewards prefaced their decision (conveniently excised) with this:
The Stewards were of the view that this contact was of little consequence.
From the replay, arguably the horse who initiated the contact (INSAYSHABLE) took the worst of it:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1071671801896288257