The Worst DQ Ever

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

One of the most inane DQs I ever saw involved a DQ from second. It cost me a measly $100, but it was so outlandish that I called the stewards at the involved track, and actually got confirmation they didn't know what they were looking at.

The winner was clear, but as the field rolled into the stretch, there were three horses abreast following him. The inside horse came out sharply, bumping the middle horse, who in turn bumped the outside horse. The inside horse finished 4th, the middle horse 2nd, and the outside horse 3rd. They DQed the second horse. It was madness.

So, I asked the steward, did he not realize the inside horse caused the whole thing....and he agreed. But, he said the middle horse then fouled the horse outside of him...and thus the DQ. I then asked if he realized the middle horse was not responsible, and he said he did, but he still fouled the outside horse.

I kid you not.

That man is no longer a steward.

Some of the stewards are just completely incompetent. It's incredible. I'm glad the guy that made the call you're talking about is no longer a steward.