2/20 (TAM): Tampa Bay Breeders Cup

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I can see it...

And I have a name for it...

It's called horse racing.

Let them play Steven .. let them play. He had every chance to go by if he was good enough. Her race riding cost GP maybe a neck in momentum tops.

I'm very much into letting them play and all for race-riding as part of the action. But isn't there an inherent and actionable difference between floating a horse wide in a turn... or aggressively riding for position like Mig did with Chavez in the Whirlaway... and failing to maintain a straight course during a stretch duel?

If indeed Karelian cost Gio Ponti a neck in momentum, by definition, that's a violation. As measured in "authentic physical space", it certainly would be enough to reverse the order of finish. If I'm viewing this as a steward, what I see is Gio Ponti denied the opportunity to maintain his course to the finish by the foe to his inside who was constantly impeding his forward progress.