Cocoa Beach Had To Come Down

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If Cocoa Beach got taken down, that would have set a bad precedent for turf racing, especially in bug fields. Bumping and shifting in happens all the time and if she were to have come down, you could easily make a case for about 1/3rd of all turf races run with big fields. Horses losing momentum happens all the time in this type of race.

I think a better case could have been made if it happened closer to the line and there werent another horse who came in on Cocoa Beach setting a chain reaction.

A similar type inquiry happened last summer with Frankel's Country Star winning by a very small margin in a race on the turf. There was a claim of foul against her, and she didnt come down. The incident happened right before the wire and a good case could have been made for her to come down, but it was after all a heavy favorite trained by a very popular trainer. I cant believe people dont think who the horse is trained by/owned by has nothing to do with the decision.

How about Todd Pletcher's Miss Catalyst not coming down in the 1st on Sunday? That was about as textbook as a DQ can get.