Now come on:
MR4,
the video clearly showed No.5 Going Spending interfering with No.6 Spot The Line and appearing to "take the running" of No.2 Snappy Tom(3rd)...we'll see what unfolds.
NB. Even if connections of the place-getters do not lodge a protest the stewards are empowered to do so on their behalf.
I am looking for consistency here as I forlornly remember the Takeover Target fiasco(in Sydney) last year when he lost a "Black Type" race on protest for purportedly taking the running of another horse.
I just heard a protest 3rd vs 1st has been lodged(sht 1/2hd, 3/4len).
I am looking for consistency here.
Well, I/we didn't get it did we...and I personally am furious with this decision!
They are fair dinkum kidding because the only consistency of the officials is their very own inconsistency!
I suppose it all matters whether the incidents occur in Sydney or Melbourne.
It also appears that certain riders in Melbourne are "Koala Bears...!"
The long-suffering betting public is truly sick of this...!