Are you ****IN kidding me?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

No inquiry by the stewards and NO HEADON review? Insufficient evidence?

Clearly in the rear shot, Backseat Rhythm came in badly and bothered Pure Clan.

WTF is going on?

While I don't think she fouled her enough to warrant a DQ, there certainly should have been an inquiry, especially if you consider Monday's absolutely ABSURD DQ where there was no contact whatsoever and the horse that was disqualified maintained her path the entire way around the track. These stewards are beyond incompetent.

[ArlJim78]

there was an objection, they reviewed it and let it stand.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by philcski

While I don't think she fouled her enough to warrant a DQ, there certainly should have been an inquiry, especially if you consider Monday's absolutely ABSURD DQ where there was no contact whatsoever and the horse that was disqualified maintained her path the entire way around the track. These stewards are beyond incompetent.

The problem, actually, is that no one really knows whether PC was fouled enough to warrant a DQ as THERE IS NO DIRECT HEADON SHOT of the race.

The rear shot, shown during the inquiry, clearly showed that BR came in SIGNIFICANTLY.

Here's what I think:

1) if a track doesn't have the technology in the proper position then they should not be DQing anyone; everything should be allowed

2) a steward needs to be aware of exactly what costs a horse a race; being knocked off a particular lead because of an incident, late in a drive, is enough, in most cases, to get a horse beaten by 1/2 length. a horse causing another horse to have to alter stride (change leads) should be taken down.

From the headon, it appears that PC was knocked off stride (from righty to lefty). And BR was coming in badly enough to where Castellano had to jerk her from righty to lefty lead to get her off.

[docicu3]

I think you should contact NYRA and offer to fix their "Technology Problem"

[philcski]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

The problem, actually, is that no one really knows whether PC was fouled enough to warrant a DQ as THERE IS NO DIRECT HEADON SHOT of the race.

The rear shot, shown during the inquiry, clearly showed that BR came in SIGNIFICANTLY.

Here's what I think:

1) if a track doesn't have the technology in the proper position then they should not be DQing anyone; everything should be allowed

2) a steward needs to be aware of exactly what costs a horse a race; being knocked off a particular lead because of an incident, late in a drive, is enough, in most cases, to get a horse beaten by 1/2 length. a horse causing another horse to have to alter stride (change leads) should be taken down.

From the headon, it appears that PC was knocked off stride (from righty to lefty). And BR was coming in badly enough to where Castellano had to jerk her from righty to lefty lead to get her off.

This is where I think they fail. They don't seem to agree on what costs a horse a placing (not necessarily JUST the whole race).

I still am smarting from Monday's DQ, and decided not to play today because of it.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by philcski

This is where I think they fail. They don't seem to agree on what costs a horse a placing (not necessarily JUST the whole race).

I still am smarting from Monday's DQ, and decided not to play today because of it.

What bothers me is the lack of consistency in the calls, I know we have 2 sides here, one for less dq's and others that want more calls. I just want the best horse to win or atleast the horse that was doing no wrong to get the benefit of the doubt, we had that discussion with the non dq of Country Star 3 weeks ago. Where the Motion horse was running her race and Country Star was zigging and zagging, to me that non call was wrong. One horse was running straight the other was clearly not and the margin of victory was a slim one where a little interference can make the difference.