Top Flight at Aqueduct

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Too bad that's not the case in California or else Bordonaro would have another stakes win to his name and would be the champion sprinter this year.

King, that was the first thing I thougt of. The 8 horse was the clear winner turning for home. He went on to win by like 4-no way, a whip on the nose causes a horse to lose 4 lengths.

[blackthroatedwind]

There is NO rule that says it's an automatic takedown.

It was a flat out terrible call and I needed the winner. Just ridiculous.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

There is NO rule that says it's an automatic takedown.

It was a flat out terrible call and I needed the winner. Just ridiculous.

Thanks for letting me know that BTW. I thought it was a rule. I thought it was a horrible call. No way way Malibut Mint was going to win.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

King, that was the first thing I thougt of. The 8 horse was the clear winner turning for home. He went on to win by like 4-no way, a whip on the nose causes a horse to lose 4 lengths.

Yeah, we all saw who really won the race. Unfortunately, an undeserving winner will get the reward.

Guess Mo Cuishle is a fraud.

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

really can i hit you in the nose wile you run next to me...ill bet you stop..

Maybe, Maybe not--but I have seen horses get whipped in the nose and win. I am sure it is different. Malibu Mint got hit on the face about 100 yards from the line and was losing ground the entire time.

[outofthebox]

How about Malibu Mint was drifting out into the#8 . Is the jockey supposed to stop whipping. I think the 3 blind mice should have taken that into concideration..

[sumitas]

I don't see how anyone can say a horse cannot lose 4 lenghts by gettin hit in the face with a whip. Heck, they prolly lose more than that. I wouldn't want to get hit with a whip in the face.

[sumitas]

No. But whips are not for hitting other horses in the head. What's there to see ?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Game horses can rally back on.This horse running tomorrow(Tontine Too) looked beat in his last race,and came back on.Spooky Mulder looked beat last week,and came back on.She deserves the chance to rally back.I think the fact that you are close enough to be hit by an opposing jock's whip makes it hard to rule out a re-rally.I saw the race,and was expecting her to battle back.My guess(cuz we will never know) is that M MINT would have lost by a small margin (a half a length to a length.) I wouldn't rule out her re-rallying for the win there.Maybe that's why they made the change.I thought there was an auto DQ on it in New York.

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Game horses can rally back on.This horse running tomorrow(Tontine Too) looked beat in his last race,and came back on.Spooky Mulder looked beat last week,and came back on.She deserves the chance to rally back.I think the fact that you are close enough to be hit by an opposing jock's whip makes it hard to rule out a re-rally.I saw the race,and was expecting her to battle back.My guess(cuz we will never know) is that M MINT would have lost by a small margin (a half a length to a length.) I wouldn't rule out her re-rallying for the win there.Maybe that's why they made the change.I thought there was an auto DQ on it in New York.

Dude, to quote Samuel L jackson that horse was deader than fried chicken.
Superimposing traits that you think a horse had into a dreamworld where reality is altered is not the way to watch and analyze races.
Malibu Mint was done, kaput, finito, dead. She bore out because that whats a lare percentage of tired horses do, and in the process of doing so was struck with the whip.
Why do I care if i didn't have money on it? because tomorrow it could be me or you who gets screwed.
These stewards are dreadful, and I mean incredibly inconsistent and awful.
I'm still stewing over Smockey Glacken being left up two saratoga'a ago after almost putting the Goldberg horse over the rail(i'm not exaggerating here, she almost caused a bad spill and they left her up).
These guys need to come out and explain to EVERYONE exactly what a foul is, and when the issue comes into play of whether or not the fouled horse was losing anyway comes into play.
This dq was a joke.

[blackthroatedwind]

There is NO rule!

By the way, at least an honorable mention for most hilarious internet post of the year to the poster who claimed getting hit by the whip could cost a horse four lengths.

Even my fish laughed at that one!