Placing judges at Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin, Ky., posted the incorrect order of finish in the third race on Wednesday's closing-day program, declaring Tiz Splendid News (No. 8) the unofficial winner and Sir Roberto (No. 1) the second-place finisher in the 6 1/2 furlong grass race for 2-year-old maidens.
Sir Roberto, on the outside, finished a nose in front of Tiz Splendid News, as the photo finish clearly indicates – not the other way around. Fortunately, the error was caught before the race was made official. Six minutes after the incorrect order (8-1-5-2) was posted by officials, track announcer Larry Collmus (whose live call of the race predicted Sir Roberto as the winner) announced the correct order: 1-8-5-2.
Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode the Wesley Ward-trained Tiz Splendid News into the winner's circle, subsequently lodged a claim of foul after learning his horse did not win. That claim of foul was disallowed.
Following is a statement from the stewards posted on the Kentucky Downs website:
After the running of race 3 the placing judges posted the order of finish as 8-1-5-2. Upon their discovery that their initial posting was incorrect, and prior to the race being posted official, the placing judges notified the stewards of the correct order of finish which was then posted as 1-8-5-2. An objection that was lodged by the rider of second place #8 “Tiz Splendid News” (Irad Ortiz, Jr.) alleging interference by the rider of the unofficial winner #1 “Sir Roberto” (Gabriel Saez) was then entertained by the stewards who reviewed the race replay, interviewed the riders and determined that the slight contact that occurred approaching the wire was mutual and therefore did not warrant a disqualification. The race was then posted official with the correct order of finish as they had originally crossed the finish line.
1-8-5-2.
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In the wake of last week’s news that Betfair intends to pull the plug on its exchange wagering platform in New Jersey on Oct. 1, Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive of Darby Development LLC, which operates Monmouth Park, told the New Jersey Racing Commission Sept. 16 that his track is actively seeking another partner to continue the bettor-versus-bettor style of wager-matching that is popular in other parts of the world but hasn’t quite caught on in America.
“Although they want out of business, we do not,” Drazin said. “They are winding down their operation, but we intend to look for a new service provider to continue, at some point, the exchange wagering in New Jersey. We do understand that if we’re going to apply for a license, we’d have to do so by Oct. 15.
“I think the failure of exchange wagering from their perspective was that major jurisdictions would not give us access to their signal,” Drazin said. “They couldn’t get New York. They couldn’t get California. They couldn’t get Kentucky. They couldn’t get Florida. So you had wagering on–and I wouldn’t want to offend anybody–a lot of tracks that were not the ‘A list.'”
Drazin continued: “They also told us…at the current time that there were only 136 active users on the exchange, and they felt that their revenues could be better dedicated to improving 4NJBets [account wagering]. This kind of caught me by surprise in terms of timing when they said they wanted to wind down.
“I’ve had some preliminary conversations with others that have expressed interest. It’s very popular in Europe. It’s popular in Australia. I think that there is a [situation] that a lot of people would like to bet on the major tracks. And perhaps, if we get to a point where TVG–and I know they’re working on it–talks about fixed-odds wagering, there is an avenue to have fixed-odds wagering and exchange wagering that gets more widely adopted throughout the country.
“So I think that the commission did a great job in approving exchange wagering and is willing to be a leader in making us the first in this country,” Drazin summed up. “And I think that we shouldn’t give up on it. If we can find another partner that’s willing to invest the time, energy and money to continue this, we will do so.”
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