2019 Galloping Triple Crown thread

Give them a chance, and they will.

NASCAR to disqualify race winners who fail technical inspections

 

Any horses have to be put murdered during or aftterwards?

 

They were at Churchill Downs, not Santa Anita.

 

I have seen more questionable stewards' decision and I daresay most regular horseplayers have, too. It wasn't silly. It was a straight=up rules violation. I guarantee none of the jocks who almost got piled up in the scrum behind thought it was silly. Do you think the stewards WANTED to make that call? They spent most of the time in the booth trying to talk themselves out of it, but they couldn't.

 

Most people watching were drunk anyway.

 

What made the horse swerve that far out and then that far back?
Did it get away from the jockey in that span, or was it intentional blocking?

Pretty fast and strange move, so I can't really disagree with the penalty.

 

Jody Mcdonald on wfan on Saturday morning said one of the horses had a tendency to “run sideways” and it was one of the horses that was a near favorite, but I’m not sure it was this one.

 

As somebody who watches a damn lot of races, that was absolutely the right call to take down the 7. I’ve seen horses do less in maiden claimers and get DQed.

 

And Ironhead dumped a lot of drivers to win races. Usually, followed with a sh_t-eating grin in Victory Lane, as if it were part of the act.

The funny part is when Ricky Rudd did it to him once. Swore on air and claimed that Rudd should have been put in jail for it.

Really? A prime example why I never thought much of Ironhead. And the Frances for allowing that crap to go unabated. "Have at it, boys," indeed ...

 

When they were waiting for the decision and interviewed the trainer Bill Mott he said something along those exact lines. Something like, "If this were a claimer on a Tuesday there would be no question."
You could tell he wanted to say, "Damn right they should DQ his ass," but either didn't want to jinx it or (more likely) didn't want to piss off the stewards before they reached a verdict.

 

Dancer's Image got derailed, too ...

50 years ago, the Kentucky Derby winning horse was disqualified after the race