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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Even Stevie Wonder could have seen that was one of the worst non-DQs in the history of the game.
Then again, I imagine Stevie Wonder watches a race considerably better than Gales.
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While Gales' race watching skills suck, I think this horse justifiably was not taken down. I tried to make the point in the past that the cut of the grass on the TAM turf course is such that horses always come out in late stretch. This also has something to do with the fact that there's an open rail midstretch. In fact, if you watch the headon (of this or just about any other turf race at TAM), you'll notice that ALL the field drifts out during the end of the race. Of course, Homeister does her best to come out a bit more than necessary. Taking horses down for drifting out when the track takes them that way is really not a FAIR way to go, IMO. These stewards have shown the ability to 'let them play'.
For CLEAR cases of HERDING that's NEVER enforced, we need only look to your home track(s). What's the over under that the stewards take Castellano down at least once this year?