Originally Posted by
Triple V
The various views of the rights or wrongs of Jnr's actions aside (I haven't seen the race in question), something that I think a lot of people need to keep in mind here is that Racing is like many other sports, Soccer for example, you play to the Ref's whistle or the Linesman's flag.
To do anything less is to lose, plain & simple.
The task set of the Stewards is to police the sport whilst the task set of the Driver is to win the race or if not then ensure his/her horse finishes in the best posssible position.
It is not and it never has been up to the Drivers to self regulate. They work within the confines dictated by the actions/views/edicts of the Stewards.
In fact they should and are for mine totally expected to do everything possible within the framework of their local Stewards interpretation of the Rules in order to win races for their Owners.
In this case, if the WA Stewards are Ok with Jnr pushing out in such a fashion then given his mission in each & every race is to win then why on Earth would he not do so until such time as he is told otherwise?