Two thoughts:
First, you have to be about the biggest idiot in the world to make a $100,000+ show wager in an 11-horse field, especially on a horse who was completely unproven at the distance, and indeed showed distance limitations in the goodwood.
Second, it's unbelievable to me that the same bunch of stewards that unjustifiably DQ'ed The Wicked North for virtually no infraction in this same race in '94 could allow this result to stand, when Game on Dude clearly starts to come out immediately after Chantal hits him left-handed. It appeared to me that the momentum lost certainly could have cost TC 4th place, which would warrant a DQ.
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