Breeder's Cup Friday (Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda)

 I watched and bet the races from Del Mar yesterday.  The Breeder's Cup ran their two year old races yesterday.  Two year old's racing these days often don't have a lot of races to review and  ponder.  You sort of pick and pray.

The biggest controversy was related to a late scratch of a horse that sat down in the starting gate and another horse that came out of the front starting gate to avoid further issues.

The issue was that the 2-year-old colt was running as a non-wagering interest, for purse money only, since he had been prematurely scratched by the Breeders' Cup veterinary team due to a starting gate incident.  From the Paulick Report:

The full field of 14 had loaded into the gate uneventfully and was waiting for the start when Modern Games grew restless and reared in the one gate, triggering stablemate Albahr (GB) to spook, rear, and fall onto the turf under the gate. Jockey Frankie Dettori, aboard Albahr, managed to extricate himself from the gate without being hurt, as the 2-year-old Charlie Appleby trainee thrashed on the ground. Around the same time, stablemate Modern Games (IRE) under William Buick came out of the adjacent gate. Buick later said that an assistant starter had opened the gate to allow him to escape any injury from Albahr, but that he wasn't sure how many people realized in the moment that his horse had been let out, rather than breaking through the gate.

An unidentified assistant starter was given medical attention for injuries sustained in the incident, according to TVG broadcasters. California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) officials were unable to provide an update on that assistant starter late Friday, or his/her name.

The gamblers who say they are the ardent supporters of horse racing complained that they were screwed out of large payoffs when #1(Modern Games) won the race but was eliminated from the betting being replaced by the post time favorite that did not win.

That's why they call it gambling and the reason a lot of horse players die dead and broke.

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