i saw a race a ways back 4-5 years ago, a horse cut inside the pylons the entire 3rd turn, went from 6 back to 6 in front, beat my horse by a neck... didnt take him down, stewards said he went inside to avoid a breaking horse, horse that broke was 4 lengths in front of him and steered to the outside, all other horses stayed on the track and went around him, this one went 10 feet inside the pylons and didnt get dq'd, ill never forget that race..
i could understand if he went inside the pylons to avoid a horse, but the horse that broke moved to the 2 path, my horse went outside him, and that horse who was behind me went inside the cones the whole turn, it was astonishing to me they didnt take him down, especially since he beat me by a neck... i dont understand harness rules anyway, ive seen horses break on the wire, with 2 horse lapped on and stay up, and horse break 3 strides before the wire, win by 2 and come down.. think your right, they do check their tickets first.
The stewards weren't paying attention to the front end of the race, where blatant interference occurred. Race went official before anyone complained. Owner, trainer and driver of horse interfered with filed a complaint and a few days later the winning horse was placed behind the 3rd place horse. The owners got justice but the bettors were screwed. The integrity of Illinois racing is a joke!
Maywood Park 5th race Thursday July 2nd. Happens during last quarter mile. Horse on front breaks stride. I don't know how to link video, but www.MaywoodPark.com has free race replays. Chek it out.
