re: 2019 Kentucky Derby

The reason it took so long for DQ, is that the stewards have to figure out where the #7 goes. He goes behind every horse that was interfered with, or was interfered with from other horses that had to check, etc.

And the DQ was the 100% Obvious call, they were lucky the other West owned horse didn't clip heels and lead to a big fall, with several horses going down and jockeys being trampled. That horse while having his head turned, stepped on outside of leaders leg, and one step inside them. Could of been one of nastiest spills in Derby, had that horse clipped leaders heels because of the shift.

90% that incident would of led to a spill and injuries to horses, jockies, and horse deaths, they got lucky, really lucky.

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The issue is safety in an unsafe environment rain or shine. While the jock blamed the horse for veering out if it turns out he let him do so then the jockey will feel the heat at some point in the future. Athletes take short cuts in all sports to gain an uncompetitive advantage and racing is no different.

We will see.

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I didn’t see it initially but I knew something was fricked up when the jockey blamed the horse for getting spooked when he was being interviewed by the lady on the horse. Too bad the horse can’t defend himself. Blaming the horse.

I’m not done with horse racing, but that reminded me of an NFL replay of what a catch used to be over the last couple of years. It just seemed hyper technical and led to an unsatisfying result.

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LOL at the people claiming it killed Horse racing. In 2 weeks People will layb wagers in stacks of cash on the preakness, and watch it just like the derby.

Then, 3 weeks later they will watch the Belmont.

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The ratings for the Belmont will be shite.

Probably the Preakness as well.

I had a 1 dollar tri box 2,3,5,8,16 and 17 that ran me 120 bucks.

So I didn't have shite anyways lol.

There’s no possibility of a triple crown winner.

That’s what casual fans tune in for.

Fine

I don't think what happened in the Derby killed horse racing but it definitely doesn't help the sport. I actually think it's a fairly large blow to a sport that has been consistently losing the American public's interest for a while now, and as a horse racing fan I hate this.

Concerning the DQ in the race, I disagree with it (btw I didn't bet on Maximum Security). Yes, if you go by the letter of the law, I can see the argument that Maximum Security could have impeded the path of 2 of the horses, but this race isn't a claiming or allowance race with 7 or 8 horse. It's the freaking Kentucky Derby, where you can have up to 20 horses in it. You can't expect a clean race with that many horses (just look at all the bumping at the start of the race). If you want a clean safe race than lower the number of horses you put in it (which I don't want to see btw). Then you add the rain with this years race and that makes it even messier. Also add the fact that Maximum Security didn't do anything to impede Countrys House, the eventual winner's, path. The horses that complained were also rans. No horse was physically hurt. I just thought it was a DQ that lacked common sense. I would also be willing to bet that if Maximum Security was trained by Bob Baffert rather than Jason Servis that there would be no disqualification.

Japan has serious horse racing but they focus on turf. We can’t complete with their top class turf horses

Master fencer has a legit shot on a dry track

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Japan has serious horse racing but they focus on turf.

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As does most of the rest of the world

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We can’t complete with their top class turf horses

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For generations Japan would buy 2nd and 3rd tier US bloodstock then lock their races to outsiders so they were never challenged. May appear to be better but may not in reality be so.

Lost in recent conversations is modern breeding sin the business. Thoroughbred horses were bred for speed and distance from the beginning until the late 90's. Now they are breeding for sprinters and this is not helping the breed. Also, we are running too much youth and all but killed the market for racing past the 3 year old campaign which will cause more problems than solve them.