FOS wrote:Maybe you have a mysterious/wondrous telepathy ...after all, you speak as if you know that Fort Larned was over anxious .
I'll never forget one particular big race that we won some time ago. We actually finished 2nd, and the horse that got to the wire first was clearly MUCH the best. BUT...the inquiry sign started flashing, and soon thereafter (as you might expect) so was the Objection sign. After quite some time, the stewards took the previously apparent winner's number down. Replay after replay after replay (over and over and over) didn't show much in the way of contact ...but who am I to argue , or question the stewards.
Suddenly the lights stopped flashing, and was MUCH surprised to see our number moved up to the winner's spot. Call it what you want, as far as I was concerned...that was Luck.
Respectfully.
A 1000lb beast hyped up and rearing to go.
Jumps out of the starting gate pushed along by the jockey amid shouts and roars - Yes Fort Larned was over anxious.
So you benefitted from a bad decision made by a steward.
A decision made by a man not some mysterious force in the universe a concious human made decision. Why not just call it as such?