Memorial Day Play Along

[philcski]

Originally Posted by pointman

Phil, why shouldn't that horse be taken down? Sure, had no effect on the winner, but any chance the 4 may have had was flushed down the toilet when Studart cut in front like that, it was dangerous riding and took away the chances of a horse in the race. If I owned that 4 I would be furious as it probably took a better placing and check from the owner.

To be fair, I thought the 4 was backing up and wasn't going to finish any better than what he did- and she never actually made contact. There's no doubt that it was dangerous riding and stupid on her part, and she should get days for it, but why penalize the bettors who had the winner if it truly didn't affect the order of finish? The 4 was never going to finish better than 5th- so at most a difference of $500 in purse and nothing on the betting.
These turf sprints are just awful for everyone involved- they suck to bet, the horses are terrible, and because the trip matters so much the jockeys end up practically killing each other. I wish they would just stop carding them.