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Originally Posted by Hawk
Do you agree that Martin should sit, and what would you give Coa?
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I am somewhat biased, as I find Coa's actions to be dangerously and frivolously out of line on an almost constant basis, and I also don't like a lot of riding I have seen this winter. So, my opinions are honestly stilted. However, I don't think it's an unreasonable conclusion to make that he deliberately put Martin in very tight ( have you actually watched this head on ) specifically in the place that most EVERY rider knows is a video blind spot. Watch the head on...there is nobody else near them. So, to me, what he did supercedes everything else. I would have given him 30 days. But I also would have suspended him for putting Ponce in tight a day or two earlier. The stewards were correct that day not to take him down, as they were in another recent incident, but his continued right handed whipping that puts guys in tight inside is a dangerous tactic.
As for Martin, it's highly debatable that he should be suspended, as incidents like his happen on a daily basis, with no inquiries whatsoever. The stewards at racetracks all over the country somehow view what happens in the stretch as SIGNIFICANTLY different than occurances during the overall running of the race. To me this is wrong. But, to suddenly punish Martin when they never do in these situations is wrong. The simple fact is NOTHING would have been done to Martin had Coa not retaliated, so now they are punishing him because another guy went after him. That cannot be rationalized.