Absolutely Horrendous DQ at belmont

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

What they did to Smart n Pretty that day was a crime.

A/J,

They were doing it to Norberto Arroyo as much as Smart N Pretty too... I said on the show live after the race that had riders been reversed.. Arroyo on Regal and Ramon on SNP.. they'd NEVER have taken Dominguez down...

It was disgusting... IMO..

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by Kasept

A/J,

They were doing it to Norberto Arroyo as much as Smart N Pretty too... I said on the show live after the race that had riders been reversed.. Arroyo on Regal and Ramon on SNP.. they'd NEVER have taken Dominguez down...

It was disgusting... IMO..

I'm glad someone agrees with me on this. I think I was the only person in the entire grandstand at Pimlico that day who was bitter about that takedown. I thought for sure they'd take down Wanderin Boy in the Special because he basically did the same thing, but they didn't.

Totally agree that if the riders were reversed, results would have been the same. Embarassing that happened in the premier race for fillies in the state of Maryland.

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I'm glad someone agrees with me on this. I think I was the only person in the entire grandstand at Pimlico that day who was bitter about that takedown. I thought for sure they'd take down Wanderin Boy in the Special because he basically did the same thing, but they didn't.

Totally agree that if the riders were reversed, results would have been the same. Embarassing that happened in the premier race for fillies in the state of Maryland.

If you wanna see some real head scratchers just watch head on replays at NYRA tracks each day at start of the race. You have guys hanging hard left turns or even right ones(if the horses to the outside could be pace duelers) and taking horses right out of contention at the break.
Its obvious that the riders know that noone is going to do anything about it and are exploiting it. A few have perfected the tactic of "hunt and seek" targeting of other speed horses if they are on a speed horse as well. They come right over and take a horse out, noone ever says a thing, never.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Kasept

A/J,

They were doing it to Norberto Arroyo as much as Smart N Pretty too... I said on the show live after the race that had riders been reversed.. Arroyo on Regal and Ramon on SNP.. they'd NEVER have taken Dominguez down...

It was disgusting... IMO..

Oh no doubt, reverse riders and no change would have been made. It would be a cold day in hell before Dominguez comes down on a non-incident like that at Pimlico.

[The Bid]

Arroyo is one of the most aggressive, dangerous, and careless riders in the game. At any point in his races, unless hes on the front end, you can make a case for him to come down.

[Gander]

The fact is that Jimmy The K carried Speedjama out much more than the horse in the 6th ever did.