Did the starter cost East India Dock the race ?

Unfortunately it happens, often, a horse can be beaten by 2/3 lengths yet at the start they are 5-10 lengths behind the all the others.

you've done your money move on

The result is official so no point in wondering. I didn't think the start was too bad but the second and third got racing far too far from home.

I think you'll find the jockey cost EID the race. Brain dead front running ride on Gowel Road in the Stayers hurdle for his dad yesterday and rode like a 7lbs claimer on his first ride in public in the Triumph today. They got racing too far out. STD supposed to be one of the more intelligent, experienced jockeys in the weighing room but the Festival can do strange things to jockeys. McCoy rode some of his worst races during Festival week and if anyone wants a textbook example of how to ride a race at the Festival vs how not to ride a race at the Festival then check out R Walsh (Footpad) and A Coleman (Saint Calvados) in the 2018 Arkle.

I agree about the poor interview, but not the race. I was on East India Dock at a good price, and saved on Lulamba. Watching the race I was never really confident of either them. I don't think East India Dock travelled and jumped anything like he had done previously when he dominated from the front. Perhaps we have already seen the best of him? Lulamba didn't jump great and looked a tad awkward. Having said all that you would expect to get beat by a 100/1 newcomer who hadn't looked that progressive on the flat.

If you look back at the previous run of EID, the form was very weak and he had his own way in all of his 3 wins. I was as guilty as anyone of thinking he was a top class horse but no disgrace in third. Never able to get to the front properly yesterday.

the interview was virtually unintelligible. If he communicates that badly it is hardly surprising jockeys don't listen to him. As per usual, despite the fault being equally split between jockeys and starter, it is only the former who will face consequences. O'Leary is correct. If all the horses are coming in at the same pace, what reason is there not to let them go? I am by nature a suspicious chap and I sometimes wonder if these false starts are a deliberate ploy on the part of some wily jockeys on the more unfancied runners in an effort to get the favourites beat.

because they don't want them flying down to the 1st fence/hurdle

Twister didn't do anything wrong. I bet he can't believe he got beat after jumping the last in command of the race, on a horse that keeps finding for pressure (usually)