Guy gets DQ'd out of $1.3 Million at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. (Horse Racing)

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The track probably realized they were out a lot of money and pulled some shady stuff.

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My initial thoughts.

Gulfstream's a shady arse track ..

Not sure,

This was an Interview I found with someone involved in the decision-making at the track.

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HRI: Were you involved in the decision making process with the stewards via phone which some observers said they saw during the process? It was also reported on HRTV that you had a ‘sick look’ on your face when the inquiry sign went up?

A: “I had no contact with the stewards and phone records would prove that. I am [not a litigious person] but we’re thinking about suing those persons. Besides, [stewards] Don Brumfield and Jeffrey Noe would never listen to me.

“The sick look on my face is because the last thing I want to see in the final race are foul claims, horses scratched at the gate or a rider falling off his horse. I don’t want to see anything happen that might give bettors the wrong impression.”

HRI: Some sharp bettors, citing a turf race won by Old Time Hockey, claim the stewards have exhibited something of a laissez faire policy in the adjudication of turf races this meet, forgiving more contact than they would on dirt. Is that accurate, and where is the consistency in officiating?

A: “I’d have to look at that race, but I’ll tell you this. They took down Javier Castellano one day when he was four in front turning for home for drifted out. “He blamed it on the lights or shadows or something. If you look at that race you'll see the consistency of [Saturday’s] call.”

HRI: As of mid-Sunday morning, only the Am-West website was showing the head-on replay of the final race even though they showed the head-on in all other races. What happened?

A: “I have no idea. We showed it here while the stewards were looking at their films. The idea that that was a conspiracy is absurd. There are a lot of gray decisions in racing but we stand behind [Saturday’s] stewards decision one hundred percent.”

HRI: In general, doesn’t the lack of transparency in these kinds of incidents have an adverse effect on wagering integrity?

A: “Throughout the history of our game, there have always been controversial calls. In sports like football or basketball today, officials can watch replays. In racing, the stewards can look at things over and over for as long as it takes from every angle, including slow-motion.”

HRI:Gulfstream has a vested interest in the results since carryovers generate added handle. Isn’t this true and how much of a difference does this make?

A: “On a good weekend, $500,000 is bet into a carryover pool, $300,000 during the week. The blended takeout rate is 20 percent for the entire country so that leaves $100,000 for all the tracks. Our share of that is 7 percent, of which 3.5 percent goes to the horsemen, that’s about $35,000 for us.”

HRI: Is there a chance that Saturday’s incident could result in a criminal investigation?

A: “We are completely confident the stewards made the right decision and would have no problem talking to anybody about it. We feel bad for the customer, it probably was the worst bad beat ever. But I have not gotten any calls about it from the customer complaining about the decision.”

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Think so?

Preciate your interest lil feller.

Kind of reminds me of when I had a 5 fight parlay going for a UFC event.

Won the first 4, and the 5th one was Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen in their first fight, and Chael was a huge underdog. But I bet on Chael because I liked the match-up. Anderson was considered the greatest fighter ever and had not lost in the UFC. Chael was known as a scrub, basically. If Chael won, it would have been one of the biggest upsets in UFC history.

Chael was beating the hell out of Anderson for 23 minutes (and the fight is 25 minutes). I was already relaxing because Chael was just cruising at this point. I just won big money, I thought.

Then Anderson Silva pulls off a submission to win the fight with only a minute and a half left in the fight... it was the latest submission win in UFC history.

That sucked so much. I can only imagine if it was for $1.3 million...

They are expanding scarletts. Bought out the entire building. New part opens in a week or two. And Scarletts is already huge. I remember when it was a damn hole in the wall low rent shithole.

I actually live close by Rachels. I don't get down to scarletts too often, but I'll have to make a trip down for the opening. It's crazy how many smoking hot chicks there are there.

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Tiger n Miami AU83

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nobody cares that you can see Gulfstream from your house.

I thought it was parimutual wagering?

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$1.2 million carryover

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It sucks for him that he didn't win, but the track doesn't benefit from screwing him.