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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Jctoronto on August 03, 2026, 05:24:59 PM

Title: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Jctoronto on August 03, 2026, 05:24:59 PM: Judges do only thing they could
Toss leader CSCRIPT and Mcnair/Mcnair
final turn pylons and veering into passing lane on way home do the fave in..tough beat.
Finshed first dq'ed right out.

Game and closing Drury/Bossence GOGO GADGET get the Battle of Waterloo $$$$ after tight 2nd.
Drury's largest $$ ever?? Inquiring minds asking.
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Last hr and a half, hair raising Grand River results
As three Ontario divisional powerhouses
BEAU JANGLES
MONEY CARLO
CSCRIPT
ALL...miss the board for variety of reasons.

crazy final three races after rather 'mundane' first three hrs.
Title: Re: Mcnairs say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: captaintreacherous on August 03, 2026, 05:30:48 PM: Bad beat for the winner..

those were 2 excellent 2 year olds....
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Brown jug on August 03, 2026, 07:42:06 PM: i have never driven a horse
but i have to ask how the hell does this happen on a horse in a clear lead with only one other horse even close to him
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Kirby's Ace on August 03, 2026, 07:45:16 PM: Quote from: Brown jug on August 03, 2026, 07:42:06 PM
i have never driven a horse
but i have to ask how the hell does this happen on a horse in a clear lead with only one other horse even close to him

Green
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Brown jug on August 03, 2026, 08:00:39 PM: ok, valid point
perhaps too much speed to early
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: firhill on August 03, 2026, 10:26:23 PM: Terrible call IMO.
Nothing the McNair horse did changed the outcome of the race.
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Lockedin with Pace on August 03, 2026, 11:22:26 PM: You're wrong, it was an easy DQ!; When you go inside multiple pylons especially on the turn like he did, you're running a shorter distance than the other horses. The margin of victory was under a length so the DQ was warranted.. When you go inside pylons especially on the turn, you're gaining an unfair advantage.
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: firhill on August 04, 2026, 12:17:25 AM: Quote from: Lockedin with Pace on August 03, 2026, 11:22:26 PM
You're wrong, it was an easy DQ!; When you go inside multiple pylons especially on the turn like he did, you're running a shorter distance than the other horses. The margin of victory was under a length so the DQ was warranted.. When you go inside pylons especially on the turn, you're gaining an unfair advantage.

....and the usual penalty for what you just described to a tee is to be DQ'ed and placed behind all horse that were lapped on.

That's NOT what happened!!!!!
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Lockedin with Pace on August 04, 2026, 12:53:58 AM: There's also a rule if you go inside a certain number of pylons in a row, which he did, you're disqualified and placed las. That rule varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction .
Title: Re: Tough way to say goodbye to winners circle and 100gs Can in GR feature.
Post by: Mrpick5 on August 04, 2026, 01:13:13 AM: Really bad beat for McNair and co. But the horse was definitely running in on the last turn. And my old eyes counted he went inside at least 4 consecutive pylons, maybe more because the replay had a bad glare just before you clearly see McNair going inside the 4 cones coming off the turn. and the green animal ducked into the lighting lane.