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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
the thing is it wasn't a breakdown, the horse clipped heels and went down only because of the quick way that Gomez came over. to my eye it was his agressive riding that triggered it. if you interfere with others i don't think it's supposed to matter one bit if the horse is much the best. obviously the stewards saw it differently but I think scuds point is to raise the question whether they would have made the same call if it wasn't Gomez. Lets say it was Kyla Stra and it was Gomez who went down. would they have still let the finish order stand? I think its highly unlikely. it does seem to matter who the characters are.
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Maybe I'm not as keen to the dynamics of the CA jockey colony as some here, but I think it's very difficult and highly speculative to say that without some proof or examples of similar situations that resulted in different rulings by the stewards. If Jara was on the winner and Gomez was on the horse that went down and the ruling went for Gomez, I would say that it was an over-call in that case rather than an under-call in the actual situation we're discussing. . .