Race canned after loose horse goes wrong way
A unloosen Equus caballus running the incorrect means upward the dwelling identify directly resulted inwards a California race existence declared a no-contest on Friday.
The incident happened at Santa Anita Park inwards the minute race, a half-dozen furlong sprint for initiatory two-year-olds.
Spinning Love was away inwards expert order, merely equally he left the chute he hesitated together with and thence jumped to his left, over the temporary within rail, unseating jockey Alonso Quinonez.
He proceeded to run the incorrect means along the within rails through the Club House plow together with into the stretch.
“First-time starters coming out of the 1 hole going three-quarters, sometimes they create that (veer in),” said Quinonez, who was uninjured. “Sometimes we’re able to assist them past times keeping the stick inwards the left hand, merely when he saw the horses exterior of him, he tried to run away from them.”
Santa Anita’s three-member board of stewards, Scott Chaney, Kim Sawyer together with Tom Ward, acted swiftly.
“We radioed our outriders together with 1 of them was able to communicate to the jockeys that nosotros had a unloosen Equus caballus running the incorrect way,” said Sawyer. “We too told Trevor (Denman) together with he forthwith announced it. As the plain rounded the turn, the jockeys could meet the unloosen Equus caballus together with they stopped riding.
“Our outrider who is positioned at the starting gate chased the unloosen Equus caballus together with was able to herd him towards the exterior rails equally he headed upward the stretch, together with at that betoken the jockeys went ahead together with persevered alongside their mounts to the wire.
“It was our judgment, however, that the race live on declared a no contest, because it was obvious that the running of the race had been seriously disrupted.”
Trainer Tim Yakteen reported that Spinning Love was uninjured later his wrong-way dash.
“He came out of it absolutely fine,” said Yakteen. “He headed directly for the stable expanse together with he’s dorsum at my barn now.”
As a number of the no-contest ruling, total refunds, totaling $US267,507, were granted on all daily doubles involving races 2 together with three, win, identify together with demonstrate wagers, exactas, trifectas together with superfectas.
For those including race 2 inwards their Pick 3s, 4s, 5s, together with inwards the Pick All, the race is considered an “All” race for pari-mutuel purposes together with the tickets are live.
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