Final Thoughts On Breeders Cup Classic At the bottom of this post I will share the Daily Racing Forms chart comments, which are very revealing! After thinking this thru I have come to the conclusion that the jockeys that did not claim foul against Bayern are partially to blame for there being no disqualification!! Over my 30 plus years in training I will estimate the following: If a rider claims foul and there in no inquiry, the Stewards will disqualify the horse about 25% of the time. If there is an inquiry but no objection by a jockey then the Stewards will disqualify a horse about 30% of the time. If there is an inquiry and an objection by a jockey then the horse comes down about 75% of the time!!! Huge difference!! I think every on the backside knows this and I was very surprised by no claim of foul by Mike Smith?? Not sure if he was trying to be politically correct or just thought it was such a blatant foul that something would be done but I feel had he made an objection we might have had a different outcome?? With no claim of foul the Stewards were not going to be held accountable and in the end, they did respond accordingly. I feel strongly that the Stewards should have done their job in spite of no objection and finding that a horse was injured made their decision much worse!! Bayern Should Have Been Disqualified!! The Chart From The Pros: BAYERN broke inward bumping SHARED BELIEF and also forcing that rival into MORENO, cleared after a sixteenth of a mile and was guided to the rail, set the pace under a light hold, was called upon leaving the five sixteenths marker, met oncoming challenges from TOAST OF NEW YORK and CALIFORNIA CHROME near the sixteenth marker, wandered outward a bit under left handed rousing and dug in gamely to prevail by the slimmest of margins. TOAST OF NEW YORK angled over soon after the break putting SHARED BELIEF in close quarters and bumping MORENO, straightened and stalked the winner just out from the inside, ranged up outside that one heading towards the sixteenth pole, continued gamely between rivals and just missed. SHARED BELIEF bobbled and forced into MORENO by the winner at the break, steadied when put close soon after, checked off heels when angling for room nearing the wire the first time, raced four wide into the clubhouse turn, dropped in a path while in range down the backstretch, gave hard pursuit into the lane but failed to overcome his early adversity. V. E. DAY broke slowly then was squeezed, angled to the rail and dropped well off the pace, was called upon around the far turn, swung wide entering the lane but failed to menace. MORENO was slammed in the jam up at the break, bumped with TOAST OF NEW YORK when that one came inward in the opening furlong, steadied along when rank behind foes, continued difficult to settle past the three quarter pole, came under pressure chasing off the rail into the far turn, steadily retreated from there and was eased in the final furlong.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:22:44 +0000
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