http://youtu.be/ZsE00CRGbCo
handholders in the proper position might've helped
Check out the link on YouTube. It was posted by the AGCO Judges along with an explanation as to why the race was declared "Official" instead of what it should've been, a no contest. Their reasoning? They spoke to the five drivers who finished and those drivers declared that they "did not hear the siren or light until close to the finish."
What a disgrace.
First of all, you don't "hear" lights, you see them.
Second of all, what did you expect them to say? The five of them all got cheques and earned their pays. Since when is it the job of the participants to govern the races?
This race absolutely should have been a no contest, particularly with the incident involving horses at the front of the pack, particularly with it being the first leg of the Pick Four, but the Judges don't even know what a Pick Four is for Christ sake. The horses that comprised the superfecta weren't getting any money until the leader bowling-pinned those that were. Just another example of poor governance that ultimately leads to chasing the paying customer away.