$1.10 fave may not be a great result but its hard enough to find a good horse, are the owners entitled to get their fair share of pictures hanging up on the wall before the horse hits it mark?
A 2nd placing to Emma Stewart is just as good as a win and it was just last week Gilty Hanover got beat in a C1 after 'winning' a $40,000 race. If the all conquering Stewart stable wasn't around and there was some form of prizemoney handicapping then Gilty Hanovers race career would be over. Got beat in C1 how would it go in higher grade?
Ending careers prematurely is worse than $1.10 fave imo. Let the owners get their wins!