Rule explanation, thanks

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

If you owned the horse at 21 and 8 belles beat you only to scratch you wouldn't be pissed?...not at all?

I'm all about people being responsible for getting their horses in the gate, and I talked about it here for quite some time last week before the Blue Grass and before some turf horse like Cowboy Cal kept some horses out of the Derby.

I am totally behind anyone with the earnings running if they want to -- but at the same time, THIS will make me angry if they enter and scratch. I think they're two very different things: being kept out by a horse who is arguably less of a contender than your horse and being kept out by a filly, who by nature of her sex, has the opportunity to be cross-entered and then just take whichever looks better. If you're going to take on the boys, take on the boys, but don't keep someone else from doing it just because you "can."

But then again, Porter seems to be a pretty solid d-bag, so I guess I'm not surprised.