Mon, August 29, 2016

Race 9: Stewards Inquiry inside the 1/8 pole as third place finisher #1 Dragon Bay (Florent Geroux) hits the rail and his rider trying to control #1 Dragon Bay comes out and #2 Noble Quality (Joe Bravo) has to steady sharply stopping his momentum and #2 Noble Quality goes on to finish fifth beaten less than a half of a length for fourth place. After reviewing the race video and speaking to the riders involved, in the judgment of the stewards this incident altered the finish of the race. The #1 Dragon bay is disqualified from third and placed fifth.

The new order of finish is 7.6.4.2

With regard to interference, New York is a “Category 2” state, meaning that Commission rules provide that if the interferer is guilty of causing interference and such interference in the judgment of the Stewards has altered the finish of the race, then the interferer is placed behind the offended horse.

The Stewards consider whether the riders of the horse or horses that are offended continue to give effort to the finish of the race.

The Stewards also consider whether the offending jockey acted in a willful or careless manner while interfering with another horse or jockey, for which the interferer may be disqualified, i.e., placed last or unplaced in the order of finish. For example, if an offending jockey acts in a dangerous manner, exhibits extremely improper riding or impedes several horses, the Stewards may disqualify the offending horse without regard to the specific effect of the foul on the order of finish.

For more information, see Commission rule 4035.2 (“Riding foul penalized