Century Downs $125,000...........DQ Race 9

[AsPromised]

$125,000 on the line.  #1 wins the race but gets placed last for "STARTING IN FRONT OF THE STARTING GATE".

Anyone ever here of that before?

Driver fault?  Track at fault for piss poor gate?
https://i.imgsafe.org/ec/eccf1af645.png

[PIGLAND]

travisty

[Papillon]

that’s nuts

valid DQ

one time at Woodbine George Brennan had Life Source from the 12 hole
the 2 broke behind the gate.. George took his spot left from the two hole

finished 2nd in big stakes... Dqd for unfair start

[MR.DALRAE]

And they’d say take your and go the fuck home

[Calhoun]

And they’d say take your and go the fuck home...

... and don't come back.

[Rabbi Of Racing]

And they’d say take your and go the fuck home

agree

[Rabbi Of Racing]

... and don't come back.

100% correct

[therealdoctor]

replay and photo is on StandarbredCanada . How does the starter not have the gate close enough to the rail that it couldnt happen?
There is enough room you could have had 2 or 3 inside the gate ??  This should be on the starter

[silent one]

The filly went wire to wire and won easily, in what would have been a track record. I can not understand why a recall would not be called in that situation. Not as bad at the Baffert cover up, but still.

     Sincerely, Silent One

[Brown jug]

here comes the lawsuit and i dont blame the owners

[WTF Hanover]

Video:

https://www.facebook.com/albertastandardbred/videos/2433713500048525/?t=2

[wiggles44]

replay and photo is on StandarbredCanada . How does the starter not have the gate close enough to the rail that it couldnt happen?
There is enough room you could have had 2 or 3 inside the gate ??  This should be on the starter

starter has no control of the positioning of the starting gate
that falls on the gate driver

and anyone with half a brain knows they cannot leave in front of the gate
 

[JL52]

While she was in front of the gate before the start, it appears she was behind just as they passed the starting pole. Agree?

[Watchandtell]

Agreed. If you stop the video right before the start the #1's nose is slightly behind the gate.

Crap call for two reasons. 1) the driver should not be responsible for the incompetence of track staff and 2) there was no violation.

Parallel - if this kind of bullring has a couple of missing pileons marking the invisible line of the hubrail and a driver follows the line on the turn and effectively creates a shortcut, should they be DQ'ed? Maybe the time should be not allowed, but the driver was following track conditions.

BS call. I would be protesting this one.

[Superfecta]

Worst case, place the winner 2nd. The top 2 were way ahead of the balance of the field.