5/4 (CD): 145th Kentucky Derby Day

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by tjfla

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...equence-233505

#17 should have been DQ in first 3 steps if "Rule for interference" were followed

The horse he came over on finished in front of him.

Do you understand how DQ’s work?

[tjfla]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

The horse he came over on finished in front of him.

Do you understand how DQ’s work?

But under their rules it does NOT matter about the finish. #17 should be DQ for Interference

All I am saying is this happens all the time in the TC/BC races and nothing is ever done

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by tjfla

But under their rules it does NOT matter about the finish. #17 should be DQ for Interference

All I am saying is this happens all the time in the TC/BC races and nothing is ever done

You’re not making any sense. There have been DQ’s in Breeders Cup races. This was a special circumstance.

I’ve been around social media long enough to realize no one ever changes their mind once they have made it....but some of the stuff I’ve been reading is making my brain hurt.

[moses]

Originally Posted by tjfla

But under their rules it does NOT matter about the finish. #17 should be DQ for Interference

All I am saying is this happens all the time in the TC/BC races and nothing is ever done

“All the time” is hyperbolic. Fouls happen. Some of them are minor, some are more egregious. The closer it happens to the finish, the more likely it is to result in a disqualification. I can’t recall a foul of this degree happening in a Grade 1 race any time recently without the horse being brought down.

I could have lived with the horse staying up. I think it was the right call...but I also wouldn’t have been shocked if they didn’t disqualify him. But if they didn’t disqualify him, I think the main reason would have been simply because it was the Kentucky Derby.

[Benny]

Originally Posted by moses

“All the time” is hyperbolic. Fouls happen. Some of them are minor, some are more egregious. The closer it happens to the finish, the more likely it is to result in a disqualification. I can’t recall a foul of this degree happening in a Grade 1 race any time recently without the horse being brought down.

I could have lived with the horse staying up. I think it was the right call...but I also wouldn’t have been shocked if they didn’t disqualify him. But if they didn’t disqualify him, I think the main reason would have been simply because it was the Kentucky Derby.

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...-million-on-dq

there was another arl million tqke down i remember with an
n english rider jamie spencer

[moses]

Originally Posted by Benny

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...-million-on-dq

there was another arl million tqke down i remember with an
n english rider jamie spencer

Interesting. Thanks.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by tjfla

But under their rules it does NOT matter about the finish. #17 should be DQ for Interference

All I am saying is this happens all the time in the TC/BC races and nothing is ever done

There was a DQ in the '06 Oaks. Bushfire was DQ'd and Wait a While was promoted to 3rd. It's not without precedent, and TC/BC races (for the safety of the game, if nothing else) should be adjudicated the same as any other race.


I have no idea where you are getting the opinion that the 17, of all horses, should have been DQ'd.