Steve,
Do you remember the race where Meeses Two Pieces won the nightcap up here on a Friday and that guy was behind your bbq stand having a fit about the lack of an inquiry with that bumping by the 2nd or 3rd place finisher?
I watched the replay and that guy had every right to be howling. The third place horse or 2nd place horse(I forgot which one) absolutely murdered the 4th place finisher that day and they didn't even toss it up for a look.
I find it shocking that ticky tack bumping, which the put up horse caused at the end of the race merited a dq on a very short look.
I have no idea what these guys use as criteria on a daily basis and I don't think anyone else does either.
Ny is the only place on the planet where you can watch a head on replay and still have no idea how the stewards are going to react.
Whats a non issue one day is a dq the next.
Its unfathomable.