The 2 top herders in the country are
Javier Castellano -- East Coast
Chantal Sutherland -- when she rides in CALI
When Chantal rides in WO, she DOESN'T HERD. She rides 'fair'.
When Castellano rides in WO, as he learned yesterday, he also DOESN'T HERD.
The game is simple when the stewards allow races to be run fairly.
Allowing jocks to herd, like the NYRA and CALI stewards do, and then taking other horses down for NOT keeping a straight path is about as IRRATIONAL as it gets. No wonder hardly anyone has any faith in the stewards in CALI and NY.
I've switched my tack from, primarily, NYRA, to, primarily, WO. One reason (among many) is that I don't need to worry about jocks like Castellano constantly trying to get unfair advantages; and the stewards allowing them to do so.
I've stated this many times previously and I'll state it again: by continuing to herd at will AND refusing to be herded, Castellano will, at some point, hurt or kill another jock or jocks. And, this, IMO, will be on the stewards for not taking action to stop it.
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