Does anyone have an opinion on the fiasco that occured with Sarah Michelle at Caulfield on the weekend. I think it is ridiculous the owners don't get a penny in prizemoney (third place was worth 4500) because there horse was denied a fair start. Plus all the punters who may have had place or trifecta bets. It should have been possible to scratch the horse from the win pool payback all the win bets and reduce the winners price whilst still keeping the horse in the place and trifecta betting pools. It seems unjust for a horse to run that well and the owners not to get a cent for a mistake by the raceclub.

Cheers ED

Who was it that lodged the oblection in thie first place normaly it would be the owners or the trainer....if this is the case they are the ones that made the mistake....most times this would only happen if the horse missed a place or at least prizemoney....it is not like a protest where your horse could improve it's finished position...nothing was to gain from this

the stewards made the objection ,,under the rules they have to,,one of the conections knows the stewards really well ..used to work for them..so it was all done very fairly .. fair for everyone except the poor horse who ran her heart out for nothing..
the jockey should have known and pulled her out of the race..he knew when the barrier attendant still had hold of the bridle when they jumped that she would be disqualified..

What the Jockey knows and what he is prepeared to do is 2 different things...if he had of pulled her out and they did not lodge an objection i am sure he would have been in for a nice holiday

missed the start by that margin though...the attendant had the hold of the bridle..
how could they hold anything against him..

I agree it was a fiasco,the only good thing about it was that I had Sarah Michelle in a 5 horse box quinella,that didnt win so with sarah being a non runner i got back 40% of my money because my quinella didnt win
cheers

Damned if they did.
Damned if they didn't.
No winners with this one....