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Originally Posted by Honcho
For me ATS it was because of the race prior...I will NEVER be able to tell what a steward is looking at because it sure as hell is not the race. All I can figure is the horse steward is the minor leagues for becoming a boxing judge. I knew some boxing judges and to think as an example a world class athlete and the months of training they go thru if I let it go to the judges I am counting on their eye to tell me who won or lost
The KYD is the 1st Saturday of May and I'll watch if I am not busy. This is about where I am at now when it comes to horse racing. Cant bet the way I want to (exchange wagering) so I compete on DW and I have not even done that in a month I think.
i understand where ur comin from honcho. I will preface this by saying, "I had Will Take Charge singled n my pick4"... Now with that outa the way, I think the stewards made the correct decision, albeit a difficult one. This is my interpretation of the stewards findings & why they ruled the way they did. WTC was lugging in sumthin awful on Golden Lad & theres no doubt in my mind that WTC fouled GL, but this is where it gets interesting. When WTC started lugging in, Revolutionary was starting to bob & weave up the rail. So rite after WTC makes contact with GL, Revolutionary is looking for a seam cos he's full of run & when going for that seam, Revolutionary causes GL to also have to take up sharply so they dont clip heels. This altercation is ultimately what saved WTC from being DQ'd. The stewards in there opinion, thought GL was a tiring a horse & his finishing position was not effected by the incident. The stewards felt if they DQ'd WTC, they would also have to DQ Revolutionary & that would have put up Carve... A horse that had no business winning that race. So if Revolutionary would not have caused GL to take up slightly after WTC had already fouled GL, then i think Revolutionary would have got the money & WTC would have been DQ'd. Tough decision for sure, but i can understand ur frustration with the ruling. A different set of stewards may have ruled the opposite, u jus never know & i think that is the biggest problem. We need rules to b the same everywhere & enforced the same everywhere. Fwiw