NYRA gate crew

[rgustafson]

What exactly happened with Rumspringa?

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by rgustafson

What exactly happened with Rumspringa?

The Gate Crew guy held a hold of him as the gate opened, tossed the jock, and she caused havoc down the stretch.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by ARyan

The Gate Crew guy held a hold of him as the gate opened, tossed the jock, and she caused havoc down the stretch.

Maybe just a major coincidence but it was the number 9 horse at belmont a month or so ago this happened at belmont.......and even more coincidence it was a contessa horse too.

[rgustafson]

Originally Posted by ARyan

The Gate Crew guy held a hold of him as the gate opened, tossed the jock, and she caused havoc down the stretch.

I gather that some of you think the NYRA gate crew are the worst, obviously you haven't watched enough races from minor tracks. I was at Canterbury last year when one of the crew also had ahold of the horse when the gate opened. In this case, he must have been entwined pretty good in the horse's bridle because when the gate opened it wasn't only the horse and rider that came flying out, but the guy with the gate crew came out as well and fell down to the track in front of the horse. Luckily the jock grabbed hold of the horse immediately. Very lucky that the guy wasn't trampled. The rest of the story was that it was the horse's first start on the turf. He was a fairly decent price and I had a nice win bet on him. He was declared a non starter so I got a refund. Of course he came back a week or so later in another turf race and somehow I missed the entry. Naturally he won. Don't remember what he paid, but I think it was somewhere between $10-$20

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by rgustafson

I gather that some of you think the NYRA gate crew are the worst, obviously you haven't watched enough races from minor tracks. I was at Canterbury last year when one of the crew also had ahold of the horse when the gate opened. In this case, he must have been entwined pretty good in the horse's bridle because when the gate opened it wasn't only the horse and rider that came flying out, but the guy with the gate crew came out as well and fell down to the track in front of the horse. Luckily the jock grabbed hold of the horse immediately. Very lucky that the guy wasn't trampled. The rest of the story was that it was the horse's first start on the turf. He was a fairly decent price and I had a nice win bet on him. He was declared a non starter so I got a refund. Of course he came back a week or so later in another turf race and somehow I missed the entry. Naturally he won. Don't remember what he paid, but I think it was somewhere between $10-$20

I don't think NYRA is the worst, but it does happen a bit there.

I do watch the lower level tracks, probably more then I watch NYRA tracks.

Do you know how many times Penn National has cancelled due to Gate Crew issues?

It just is a pain for everyone when it happens, at Saratoga or at Wyoming or anywhere.

[parsixfarms]

I'm not trying to defend the gate crew, but late scratches and gate scratches are often different things. I realize what caused today's scratch, but let's remember that "late scratches" often occur because a horse acts up in the post parade (no fault of the gate crew) or is scratched by the vet/jockey due to an insufficient warm up. I hear people complain about these sort of scratches all the time; personally, I'd rather have the horse scratched than run a horse of questionable soundness.