Woah! Winner DQ'ed
Crazy Ag 97 said:
Legit call. The move to the outside prevented another horse from being on the podium. Any other racethey make the DQ call in 30 seconds.
Cassius said:
Terrible call. The horse that was bumped finished 8th...
Cassius said:
Terrible call. The horse that was bumped finished 8th. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place horse were even after the turn. Max out ran them all at that point. Oh well.
tk for tu juan said:Cassius said:
Terrible call. The horse that was bumped finished 8th...
Getting impeded and having to slow down had a lot to do with the final placement. Even NASCAR would penalize a driver on a double move like that
You guys are all missing the point.MidTnAg said:
I saw four horses, each weighing about 1200 pounds running right up against each other at about a 40 mph pace. In this situation, there will ALWAYS be some bumping and jostling for positions. To think otherwise is stupidity. But was the "bumping" beneficial to one horse over another?
Seems like there should be two questions:
Did the Stewards see any indication that the jockey made any movement that would cause Maximum Security to deviate from its path?
Did any movement by any horse have any influence on the order of finish of any horse?
When a horse clips another's heels, horses (and sometimes riders) can die.Cassius said:tk for tu juan said:Cassius said:
Terrible call. The horse that was bumped finished 8th...
Getting impeded and having to slow down had a lot to do with the final placement. Even NASCAR would penalize a driver on a double move like that
It had nothing do with the final placement. There were 4 horses dead even at the turn. Max turned on the burners and out ran them all. Sad day for the derby.
I haven't watched Nascar in years, but did so faithfully for about 10. Nascar never penalized drivers for blocking. That's called "racing". I remember watching Gordon actually spin Wallace on the final lap at Bristol to win one time. Guess what.. No Penalty!!
with 20 horses in the field - I'm gonna speculate it happens most every year. Someone gets cut off or bumped seriously.twilly said:
Since this was the first time it happened at the Derby, has there ever been a case where something like this happened and they DIDN'T change the results?
TexasRebel said:
Why do they run the horses at the same time? Wouldn't a staggered start or individual runs work?