Luis Saez in GP3....race fixing or just stupidity?

[propro]

You never know what's going through a jockey's mind, but this lack of effort in the stretch would earn him a DESORMEAUX award if he wasn't blatantly trying to finish third or worse.  Luis was riding favored #3 W W Cougar until inside the 3/16th pole, when he decided to be a passenger and stopped riding.  Richard Mitchell on All About Hay decided to ride his ass off and got up at the wire for second.  

Hopefully the stewards noticed something this blatant and gives Luis a nice unpaid vacation to think about what he did.  They couldn't miss it....unless....they were using guest referees from the Saints/Rams game... :-)

[tc]

It looked like there was something wrong with that WW Cougar in the stretch...just a guess.

[eye123]

Very strange ride. He hits him three times with the whip in the turn into the stretch...then shows him the whip, and makes no effort to encourage after that. Can see it both ways....either he felt the horse in distress, or ?.....pretty obvious about ? if that was the case. The way the horse behaved (ran) early on.....would lean toward Saez sensing something wrong.

[cherokeescot]

Not a good day for Cougars !

[propro]

I saw the head on video after the race. He tries riding vigorously again in what looks like the last 50 yards after he finally realizes there's a horse on the rail, so I'm going with stupidity. Still needs a long vacation for that.

[propro]

....and yes Bev, it was a rough day for Cougars. It's bad when you're forced to wind up in the bayou on the final day. :-)

[Deleted]

I watched the race and wondered why he did not encourage his mount so far from the finish line.....yup, a betters night mare indeed....unfair to all and an unreasonable ride ....it should be looked into for sure....but this happens all too often...so it means " ya puts your money down & ya goes for dah ride "...such is true of any bet...( in any sport...even like playoff n f l...lol..etc )...