SA race #1 DQ...

[Alabama Stakes]

Corruption is big there......see Avatar.

Brutal call by idiot stewards

[taxicab]

The stewards @ Santa Anita have made three or four of the absolute worst calls imaginable since the beginning of the year.
This one was flat out atrocious.
They shouldn't have the job if they are going to do stuff like this.
Here's the replay with a bunch of looks:

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...t-sa-on-6-9-17

[declansharbor]

Did the jock's whip touch the horse to the outside?

[JBJake]

Wow. Really bad. Only thing that surprises me is I did not have the horse.

[asudevil]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DRFvideo/...461056/video/1

[Kitan]

It is an absolutely terrible DQ, but I can see why it was done. By the book it may be the "correct" one. He came over just enough to make the 2 steady, which in turn may have cost the horse 3rd place. If the rule is like it is in most of the country, then the DQ can happen for costing the 2 a place. I don't agree with that rule or a lot of the DQs in general, but until the rules get rewritten issues like this will continue to happen.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Kitan

It is an absolutely terrible DQ, but I can see why it was done. By the book it may be the "correct" one. He came over just enough to make the 2 steady, which in turn may have cost the horse 3rd place. If the rule is like it is in most of the country, then the DQ can happen for costing the 2 a place. I don't agree with that rule or a lot of the DQs in general, but until the rules get rewritten issues like this will continue to happen.

If anyone should have come down, it was the horse on the outside in the pink silks (Mr Hinx). He definitely came in a little bit. All the winner did was come through on the rail and there was plenty of room. The horse who took up actually came in on the winner and made the rail really tight. When they first straightened away in the stretch, there was probably an 8 foot opening on the rail. The winner came through there. The horse who he supposedly fouled actually came in on him. That 8 foot opening ended up being around 4 feet. The horse in pink (Mr Hinx) on the far outside came over quite a bit. The horse who got disqualified probably ran the straightest line of the three horses. If anyone should have come down, it was Mr Hinx.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by asudevil

https://mobile.twitter.com/DRFvideo/...461056/video/1

What the hell is that reporter doing not asking Miller any follow-up questions about the DQ? I get that she's there to ask about Roy H, but once he gives you those kind of soundbites voluntarily, you have to dig a little deeper.

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What the hell is that reporter doing not asking Miller any follow-up questions about the DQ? I get that she's there to ask about Roy H, but once he gives you those kind of soundbites voluntarily, you have to dig a little deeper.

I thought the same thing. Peter goes on a mini rant and she continues with the Roy H. questions.

[RHT2004]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Corruption is big there......see Avatar.

Brutal call by idiot stewards

Beholder won.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

Beholder won.

See avatar. Inside hoss is Songbird.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

See avatar. Inside hoss is Songbird.

I know I trust a blurry screencap where you have no idea where the wire is over the official track photo.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I know I trust a blurry screencap where you have no idea where the wire is over the official track photo.

You know where the finish line is in my photo...... mirror , you can see the rail. In the track fixed photo, there is no reference point. Ateam stupid....yes . And we all know they can put that line anywhere they want in that photo. I say again watch the replay and you will see that songbird won the bob. JD Bailey said it on the telecast, and he is never wrong. If you look at it with an open mind with no preconceived ideas that Beholder won just cause Larry " don't Collmus ,well call you" said so, you might see the light