big cap stewads call

[shanahan]

another disgrace

[sighthound]

I don\'t think so.  I think they did the right thing.

[Rick B.]

Shan, did you listen to the explanation Trevor gave?

I thought it made sense. Once TC knocks Game On Dude\'s ass out, it\'s rodeo time. TC started the chain reaction.

[colt]

Full disclosure - didn\'t have a wager on Twirling Candy, Game on Dude, or Setsuko

Twirling Candy is no victim here since he initiated contact first with Setsuko which resulted in a chain-reaction where Twirling Candy engaged in further contact with Game on Dude, who was coming out while he was coming in - Great NO-CALL!!

[sighthound]

Twirling Candy was the only horse that should have been disqualified.

[Lost Cause]

sighthound Wrote:
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> Twirling Candy was the only horse that should have
> been disqualified.


I agree with that also. Twirling Candy was the initiator..

[toppled]

I had Game On Dude.  When I first watched the race live, I thought I was in trouble.  Once I started watching the replays, I started speaking to the computer screen, without knowing who the horse (Twirling Candy) was: \"He bumped the outside horse 1st and started everything. I better stay up.\"
Now obviously I\'m very biased here, but I thought the stewards made the perfect call.

[CentaurMythX]

First, Sekrah, amazing call.
Second, there is so much justice in this world.  This makes up for the Sky Beauty DQ at Saratoga when I was 7 and bet everything I had on a cold exacta before they took her down.  My god, considering this exacta only paid a shade over 500, this board saved me from filling out any paperwork on my tidy little score.

[jimbo66]

I did have skin in the game, with money on Game on Dude, but it really did look like Twirling Candy came in a bit and brushed Game on Dude.  The thing is that GAme on Dude came out hard and sharp twice after the initial brushing, with a much more pronounced veering.  For that reason, I thought Game on Dude would come down.  That and of course a 15 minute inquiry certainly added to the suspense.  

Inquiry aside, how many times is Chantal Sutherland gonna get passed in the stretch by Victor Espinoza and then \"knuckle down\" and get back up at the wire?

[shanahan]

no, did not hear the explanation, only heard baffert say it was because \"TC had no horse left, so they let it stand\"...say what?

I must say most all who posted thought it should stand.  Here in LRD it seemed that the winner knocked TC sideways twice...my record is intact for DQs on horses I bet...they never win.

[Lost Cause]

CentaurMythX Wrote:
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> First, Sekrah, amazing call.
> Second, there is so much justice in this world.
> This makes up for the Sky Beauty DQ at Saratoga
> when I was 7 and bet everything I had on a cold
> exacta before they took her down.  My god,
> considering this exacta only paid a shade over
> 500, this board saved me from filling out any
> paperwork on my tidy little score.


Good to know that there is still some young blood in this game.

[number5858]

Can someone explain it to me because I was watching on my laptop and couldn\'t tell who the inside horse was that bumped hard into the middle horse, who then hit Setsuko? I also had bet Setsuko hard, so this was a tough one for me. Which horse was the inside horse, and which horse was the middle horse? Watching it live, I thought the inside horse was the eventual winner and should be taken down, but now I am not sure. I just didn\'t have enough screen resolution to see very well since it wasn\'t on TV where I am.

[Caradoc]

Game on Dude was on the inside , Twirling Candy in the middle, and Setsuko on the outside.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21eK7XUb5bU

[miff]

Why they didn\'t show the bumping from a rear shot, I don\'t know.On the head on, it was tough to determine if TC or the winners rear-end caused the INITIAL contact which triggered the whole incident.Setsuko had every chance to get by the winner(who got hit hard by TC), so from that standpoint the result was just.

Chantal weak compared to the guys or it\'s not even close, would take P.VAL and the extra weight all day.


Mike

[Caradoc]

Mike: The entire race replay together with the inquiry is available in the race replays section of www.Calracing.com (free registration).  There are some replays shown there from the rear -- go to about 8 minutes in.