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Originally Posted by helicopter11
If it was excused before, it should be excused every time? The tweet itself is actually defending whats going on with Masochistic. He established precedent with that history lesson.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think guys like Whittingham or a Bill Mott are running their debuters way over the limit on Ace.
Sure, Masochistic got a bizarre ride in his debut. And trainers have every right to run debuters who are way short or poorly meant.
However, you have to draw the line at 'nobbling'
If you're going to run a horse with the intent of trying to lose the race, and the jockey is going to give a ride that suggests the intent is trying to lose. That's fine. Just don't compound the shadiness of it by being over the limit for a Tranq.
Of course, this whole situation probably stays under the radar if not for the stunningly brazen placement of where Masochistic was placed in his 2nd career start.
Anyone familiar with modern bookmaking in the Internet age, understands the high limits and caps books offer on races at CD on Derby day.