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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
HOL-11-16-08_R9
Sutherland sticking lefty on Leedstheway (#4) takes the path from Uncle Jeep (#2) late stretch. Even if she was clear (debatable) she's not supposed to be able to obstruct the path of another horse. (Seems like Chantal has been studying the style of Javier Castellano --- she looks behind early stretch, note that she's going to face a challenge, and then craftily starts whipping lefty to get her horse to drift, herd, then cut off the competition.) People bet their money and stewards allow this kind of **** to happen (regularly). Why are these ****ers earning a salary, money that could be better spent elsewhere by the tracks?
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This is pretty easy to answer. If 2 out of 3 stewards think the winner had the more juice, then it ain't coming down. They can get away with an awful lot if they are deemed to have an ounce more horse than the 2nd place horse. It's a foul. They don't give a damn. They only care if you had enough run to win it. Then they care if you got fouled.