"Dancing Northern" Then West to East With Javier Castellano

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Originally Posted by Left Bank

I'm not criticizing the call by the stewards.I'm criticizing YOU,and your statement of "They should throw the book at him",To which I say Bullshit!
It's fine they took him down,as a matter of fact,I had money with the 8 horse.You just make it sound like he did this intentionally,and that he does this all the time.Javier Castellano is a VERY professional jockey,he rides for top stables,and is VERY good at what he does.To "Throw the book at him" for an infraction like yesterdays is stupid.The stupid jockey's in the race were Starke and Gomez,who knew this horse was fading inward and made an attempt to try and get past him and failed.The smart one was LeParoux,who saw what was unfolding and went outside.

This is where we disagree, I'm not sure of his record in previous suspensions or even if he has been suspended before but he's ridden on the line before, I think he has to be made aware of this. Not punishing him is just sending a message to all the other riders and JC to ride at all costs to win. The hell with the rules so to speak.