I feel no less bitter about it this morning.
The Shug horse who got put up, is a certified hanger with 4 seconds in his last five races, and would have needed to run a sub-6 final 1/16th to get up.
The rider on the horse who was taken down made every effort humanly possible to keep him straight...and the very mild incident (which happened right on top of the wire) had no impact on the outcome...nor even the margin of victory IMO.
This was also very different than what happened in the nightcap on Wed., when a desperate jockey, went to strong left-handed whipping on a tired horse, to try and gain an advantage on an oncoming closer.
By disqualifying the 6, it was simply a showing of the stewards punishing the betting public.
If you watch race #2, the #9 horse wiped out several horses to his inside leaving the gate. He was left up. I guess if you eliminate horses through the very early stages of the races, no problem. However, if your horse drifts out, while the rider is making every effort to keep him straight...even costing his horse momentum to do so...you get DQ'd.
There is major flawed logic there.
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