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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: makingit on February 17, 2023, 07:09:21 PM

Title: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: makingit on February 17, 2023, 07:09:21 PM

USTA minor penalty five (5) Day suspension.  If you help another horse/driver in a race, are you not fixing the race? What is an example of this helping?  I thought you were just suppose to try and win a race and not help anyone else.

Title: Re: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: carl baldwin on February 17, 2023, 08:03:30 PM

A good example is giving a driver/horse a hole so they don't get parked the mile.

Title: Re: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: makingit on February 17, 2023, 08:08:39 PM

Thanks.  Doesn't that happen a lot?   Why did the judges act on this now?  Seems to happen a lot without anyone getting 5 Days. Have not seen in the rulings that come out on Fridays except today. Appreciate your example and a good one, but I wonder if the one driver gave a hand sinal for the left turn and the offender waved him in and over ?

Title: Re: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: Superfecta on February 17, 2023, 10:23:56 PM

Race 6 at Meadowlands, Brett Beckwith gave Dave Miller a charity tuck and Dave's horse won the race. They broke the Jeff Gural no tuck rule.   11.wp

Title: Re: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: Jazzman on February 18, 2023, 05:40:14 PM

happens every race at mohawk boys float out from outside posts knowing a buddy will give them a spot. its so ridicolus

Title: Re: What Is "Helping Another Horse Improve Its Position" ?
Post by: bond on February 18, 2023, 06:23:58 PM

Plopers are dreamers or on the crack pipe. Dexter Dunn is an excellent driver GOAT??? Please. High tailed it out of NZ being raided by cops for race fixing . His stats on a half are worse than Jimmy Marohn jr and last year YANNICK had the same stats at the big M. 
Timmy TETRICK has over 12000 wins at age 40 I seriously doubt Dexter will top that .  Dexter fortunate as he’s on roll and lucky to be on top horses. Let’s see what happens next few years before starting this GOAT chat.