Today's 4th at BEL

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

It has nothing to do with betting. Anybody that actually watched the race knows you have a point. Its not as though you said " She couldn't lose, I would have won a fortune, and the rider buried me. " The simple fact is the horse was never given any chance whatsoever in a ride that was, at best, curious.

She wouldn't have won the race if she had gotten through on the rail. What do you want Castellano to do? He had no opportunity throughout the race to move the horse off the rail. Castellano wasn't giving a "curious" ride. THe horse obviously wanted no part of it down the stretch.