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Derby Jockey Suspended
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Such bullshit. This happens all the time and never gets enforced. Just like high sticking in hockey. Only called when a ref wants to bust balls or it is too egregious i.e. hockey stick cuts someone.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74775434 Not really. Horses DO get DQd all the time. The problem as I see it is that in the NFL if they review a call the public usually watches reviews with commentary by the broadcasters and 95% of the time you know what decision is coming. There is nothing close to that in racing. Everybody just sort of holds their breath until the stewards make a decision and even though I've been a fan since I was 8 and now work in the industry I don't have a clue what decision is coming. It's a coin flip. There is no consistency and states have different rules. Those rules are interpreted differently by different stewards. We tend to just accept that fact in racing. When a horse is DQd in a big race like this it just leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth - especially those who aren't paying attention to racing very often. Very true. DQs or position shifts by stewards are not uncommon. I posted the video that shows that War of Will may have been kicking Maximum Security before he broke out of his lane. If fact that video is titled in defense of jockey - who now got 15 days. But, Maximum Security definitely broke out of this lane by a lot to the outside and then swung back in towards the rail and disrupted the inside horse. It was easy to see in real time and anyone who is fan knew that was potential inquiry action.
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