And that might have just about been the lamest DQ I have ever seen. The contact the 8 made with the 6 wouldn't have knocked me off stride.[/quote]
Doesn't the 6 immediately lose a length after the contact, only to come on a second time to lose by a nose. I agree it wasn't much of a bump but it sure looked like that minimal contact was enough to immediately change the 6's velocity which he recovers from and is closing at the wire.
How else could the stews justify the reversal?
Unless you want to say Bravo sold the bump for more than it was on Ramon and subtly choked the horse down, the 6 was affected by the bump how little, is open to debate, but because the 6 loses by a nose it's relevant IMO.
This is why NYRA should take a page out of California's playbook and explain DQ's to the public as they are enforced so you can at least understand why they do what they do.....
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