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Originally Posted by DerbyCat
Hopefully the CHRB will fully investigate Gryder for this, he obviously did not put forward his best effort riding his horse to the finish line which we all know is a violation of CHRB rules "no jockey shall take his horse back without reasonable cause . . . or otherwise ride in a manner which is inconsistent with using the best efforts of the horse he is riding" 
So, is looking back at an accident and checking on the welfare of a fellow rider "reasonable cause"? Gander, did you find Gryder's ride to be "conduct detrimental to horse racing" since you lost your bet?
I'm not trying to p*ss people off here, I just want to start a discussion about this. I know if I had money on Gryder's horse I would have been upset with that ride, but as someone who happens to like Kyle and has concern for him and his family (he's got a baby at home), I saw Gryder's actions as being very human... personally, I think Gryder should have just kept riding and never looked back.
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Wow, I felt kind of bad for bringing this up and wasnt going to say a thing but Gryder did completely forfeit any chance he had in this race when he stopped riding and looked back. I dont want to say I blame him or dont blame him. I like Aaron a lot. Met him back when he was riding at Saratoga as a young guy in his early-mid 20's.
I lost the chance at what would have been a nice score, but you take the chance of something like this happening when you give your money to the tellers. Who knows what would have happened in this instance? Its not like the horse was in the midst of a crazy rally, he was gaining a little bit but he had a lot to do to threaten the leaders, so it doesnt sting as much as it could have.
I should get my head examined for playing this track in the first place. I'm done Fairplex forever.