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ryantics
01-18-2024, 12:26 AM
I'm looking forward to this great race with a fantastic lineup of quality trotters. Looking back on Just Believe and how far the horse has come from being a pretty good performer to an unbelievably (pun intended) great champion.

I also scrolled through his race records and was puzzled by his 5th start disqualification, watched the replay and couldn't see a reason the relegation. The stewards report gave no mention of it at all and I don't think he paced at any point in the race. Does anyone know why he got disqualified?

Messenger
01-18-2024, 01:16 AM
I don't remember it but you would think that it is highly likely that it was a retrospective disqualification due to a SWAB irregularity

ryantics
01-18-2024, 01:37 AM
Thanks for that Kevin but if that was the case then how was he able to start in another race so soon?

Messenger
01-18-2024, 10:31 AM
Well for a start the swab result was probably not announced for a couple of months by which time he was spelling