May 4, 2019 -- 8:52PM, vol n. oven wrote:
dont know how true it is but the n.y. times states bill mott objected { trainer of the runner up )....whose horse never had to break stride. america's royal gaitgate ? hope its overturned at a later date
No chance of that being overturned - the incident , that the horse was penalised for, is actually quite high up on the threshold needed in the rules for a penalty.
May 7, 2019 -- 1:07PM, Eddie Batt wrote:
Breadnbutter -Doctor Devious ran in the two races-winning at Epsom.
First non American Trained winner was 71 as far as I can see ,not sure if any others ? Bold Arrangement ran second in 86 for Clive Britain and ran 14th at Epsom ,Kentucky run was none too bad ,and then Dr Devious 7th in Kentucky and won the Derby .So looks like just two ? But UK (non Irish ) runners seem thin on ground ,krmpton ran a qualifier with a $100k bonus for just turning up at Kentucky but none seem to have taken it up ,can’t be right surely ? As for rules and the disqualification best but I have read was the Reuter’s stuff and they have the trainer quotes and stewards remarks about the the decision being unanimous by stewards panel and non appealable .Even Trump was tweeting about “bad call “ and “this age of political correctness “ walofs . Epsom race is very rough now and stewards are too afraid to apply rules ,and also afraid because of subsequent appeals and descions being overturned .This is the single most annoyance to backers ,they get shafted twice in uk .Epsom race is an accident waiting to happen .