What happened after that race was ridiculous. There is always an outrider with a walkie-talkie at the same spot on the track. Aside from a breakdown or other incident, they are there for the sole purpose of relaying any claim of foul. If you ever wondered how it can be that races are posted official before the horses all return to be unsaddled it is because they have all passed the designated outrider on their return from the gallop out. That's how it's supposed to work anyway.
Maybe the stewards mistakenly thought this happened but then again, what were they looking at during the race? It seemed pretty clear that there was some action in there. The stewards should be fined or otherwise disciplined as should the outrider.
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