Steward's Decisions

Sat, September 3, 2016

Race #9 - Stewards Inquiry inside the 1/16 as both #1 Sweet Loretta(Javier Castellano) and #6 Pretty City Dancer(Irad Ortiz Jr.) both come together approaching the wire. #1 Sweet Loretta takes a step out and #6 Pretty City Dancer takes a step in approaching the wire with each other. After reviewing all the angles of the video and speaking to the riders involved in the judgment of the stewards no further action was warranted.
The race is official as is. 1.6.dead heat 5.4

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

Race #1 - Stewards inquiry into the stretch run  against the #7 Palladian Bridge (Manual Franco) for alleged interference in the stretch around the 1/6^th pole. The # 7 running up the rail makes an aggressive move out to go around the# 3 E Warfare (Jose Ortiz) then makes contact with the #9 Sea Pebble(Eric Cancel) sending him out about 3 paths. The #9 goes on to finish fifth by less than a length. After reviewing the video and speaking to the riders involved the #7 Palladian Bridge is disqualified from second and placed fifth behind the #9 Sea Pebble. The new order of finish is 3-2-4-9

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