Had a similar thing happen to me at Finger Lakes. A horse reared in the gate and somehow they sprung the latch, it looked like a demolition derby, but my filly and 2 others basically ran around the track into the stretch. FL didn't distribute the purse and my filly was never the same. There's no question the race should have been declared a non race, but a little something from the purse would have been nice. Sounds like Oaklawn did the right thing.
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