Saratoga 5th - No DQ?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by CSC

I see there was a brief discussion on it, if you watch the replay of the race in this thread and then watch the replay of the 1st yesterday, I'm sure there would be more than a little head scratching going on with this decision. I didn't have a bet on the race, but considering there was no contact with the 3rd horse and that maybe he was 50/50 to get up anyway, I don't agree with the call. To me the #4 would have won regardless. I'm sure someone will argue that it may have affected the 2nd place finish, yes I may agree there; however from what I have noticed not only in N.Y but in So Cal, they rarely seem to take exacta and tri bettors into account, I can recall a Bejarano horse staying up on an obvious foul because the horse that was interfered with was apparantly falling back even though his horse caused a chain reaction on the 2nd place horse that was gaining, there was no regard for the horse that was fouled when indeed he may have figured into the tri or super.

It would have been interesting what decision the stewards would have made had the third place finisher won the place photo rather than losing it. Since she only missed second by a nose, I think it's hard to argue with any sense of certainty that Laylaben drifting did not impact that horse's ability to achieve a maximum placing.