Question re Derby
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Question re Derby
Max Security owner filing appeal, etc. Would he have any case if he were to assert that the track was so compromised from rain and slop that horse jockey had no control over feets and all? No, we didn't bet on anyone.
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Re: Question re Derby
I don't know the rules of horse racing, nor do I know Kentucky law about the availability of judicial review of a decision by the stewards. But I read a story in today's Los Angeles Times that said most of the people who knew what they were talking about agreed with the decision to disqualify, and thought that if it were any race other than the Derby it wouldn't have been a close call. Apparently there's a picture that shows one of the hooves of Maximum Security squarely between another horse's legs. It sounds like it was extremely lucky that no one went down. --BobBeebs52 wrote:Max Security owner filing appeal, etc. Would he have any case if he were to assert that the track was so compromised from rain and slop that horse jockey had no control over feets and all? No, we didn't bet on anyone.
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Re: Question re Derby
That's what I saw, too. Just wondering what the whatBob78164 wrote:I don't know the rules of horse racing, nor do I know Kentucky law about the availability of judicial review of a decision by the stewards. But I read a story in today's Los Angeles Times that said most of the people who knew what they were talking about agreed with the decision to disqualify, and thought that if it were any race other than the Derby it wouldn't have been a close call. Apparently there's a picture that shows one of the hooves of Maximum Security squarely between another horse's legs. It sounds like it was extremely lucky that no one went down. --BobBeebs52 wrote:Max Security owner filing appeal, etc. Would he have any case if he were to assert that the track was so compromised from rain and slop that horse jockey had no control over feets and all? No, we didn't bet on anyone.
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Re: Question re Derby
Here's the full race:
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I will be so glad when they put me in charge of everything, and I can shut down this barbaric endeavor they call a sport.
Horse racing and the Iditarod. Bam. And dog racing. All gone in one move.
All the dogs and horses can just run instead of being whipped or punished or rewarded. And then killed.
Horse racing and the Iditarod. Bam. And dog racing. All gone in one move.
All the dogs and horses can just run instead of being whipped or punished or rewarded. And then killed.
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I sorta agree with you.Ritterskoop wrote:I will be so glad when they put me in charge of everything, and I can shut down this barbaric endeavor they call a sport.
Horse racing and the Iditarod. Bam. And dog racing. All gone
All the dogs and horses can just run instead of being whipped or punished or rewarded. And then killed.
Well, then
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Re: Question re Derby
Stolen from Small Dead Animals
>>>"But perspective matters. The unsung hero of the debacle was War of Will, who miraculously avoided the legs of Maximum Security as he crossed in front of him. We could have been talking about multiple racetrack fatalities today, instead of a controversy in the stewards room.<<<<
>>>"But perspective matters. The unsung hero of the debacle was War of Will, who miraculously avoided the legs of Maximum Security as he crossed in front of him. We could have been talking about multiple racetrack fatalities today, instead of a controversy in the stewards room.<<<<