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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
I watched it two or three times during the inquiry and once after the replay ( when they finally got around to showing the head on ). I don't agree. Doesn't make me right but quite frankly I think DQs are handed out around her more than a little frivolously. We should be very happy that the stewards aren't as trigger happy as some posters here.
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I don't have a problem with the latter, as long as there's consistency. And there really isn't.
I just don't understand why ONE horse should be given a preference over ANOTHER when it comes to having every opportunity to win a race. It's not about the severity of the move, in most cases, but rather whether the other horse had an EQUAL chance to run in the stretch. Why should the winner in this case be allowed to bear out under repeated whipping, how many times have we seen that from Garcia in the past?, and by doing so OBSTRUCT the path of the other horse. If you can't keep a straight run and by doing so obstruct the path of another horse, you need to come down. And the reason you need to come down is because there are jockeys making a good living doing just that: seemingly subtle ****, in the minds of the stewards, and others, evidently, that nonetheless compromises the chances of the other horse(s).
I'm in the minority when it comes to this but at least I'm on it. I've come to grips with the fact that this is just another way to lose, and then play off it.