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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Yes - you prefer consistency ... although if the winner does that - and the horse it fouls is beaten a head for 3rd place .. it's a DQ because it cost a horse a placing...and than you feel the pain of the bettor who played the best horse at 8/1 - or the owner who paid 2K a month in training bills and gets placed 4th with the best horse.
If the incident has no impact at all on the outcome in any way shape or form ... don't change it and fine the jockey and give him days.
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exactly! the owner, trainer shouldn't be penalized if the jock's an idiot. penalize the jock, give him incentive to do things right.
08-06-2010, 03:45 PM
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