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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I guess you had a "little guy" Kentucky trainer 4th and a "big name" California trainer 5th....but the stewards can't forget there was a superfecta in that race.
I guess Fifth-Third bank and a very tiny fraction of superfecta players were affected any by it...and no one else.
What's ironic is, how stewards NOTORIOUSLY focus and overrate on fouls commited in the stretch run--as opposed to fouls commited in the early stages of races (when the impact is more severe)
However, in a race where they go 26 and 51 early on---and get the last 3/8ths in 34 and change---getting fouled in the stretch run is more severe than getting fouled in the early stages.
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All kidding aside, I agree it sure looked like a foul to me too! By the way, they announced on TV that the owner of Great Hunter had reached an out-of-court settlement with the bank so possibly it no longer mattered to them. Great Hunter is safely in the Derby field so the only ones effected were the exotic betters...still, sure looked like a foul!