Classic DQ -- Update: Overhead video unearthed

[Gate Dancer]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

What are the rules? Since the stewards have been given more discretion and not adjudicated these matters under "a foul is a foul" rule, I've always thought the rule was whether a horse was deprived a chance to achieve a maximum placing. (That certainly seemed to be the case with Shared Belief and, to a greater degree, Moreno given his style of running.) To state that they are viewing these matters under a "where they were reasonably expected to finish" standard is scary. Now the stewards are handicappers as well? On a day where one longshot after another outperformed where they were generally expected to finish, I don't want the stewards determining who are hopeless horses and which ones are not.

A couple of other thoughts: What Garcia did yesterday was essentially the same thing that Calvin Borel did in the 2013 Kentucky Oaks and that was generally panned as a bush-league move.

The California stewards suspended Victor Espinoza for his ride in the Awesome Again and leave this incident alone. Where's the consistency?

Agree with this totally.............didn't have a "dog in the fight' but hated to see this happen. Watched the head-on several times and just can't help but conclude that Bayern sawed off the 3 horses inside of him. That move greatly impacted the remainder of the race and most certainly denied Moreno any shot at all. I knew they would never take down Baffert but it certainly taints the victory, in my opinion. (as if that matters).

I hate hypotheticals but I pose this one: Trade Moreno for Bayern in the race positions and at the start of the race. Do you think they would have taken Moreno down? I can imagine Baffert himself getting on the phone to the stewards.............

But hey, I'm probably still bitter about the DQ in the 1984 BC Classic......