Would be a travesty if Arctic Silver loses the race due to a weight bag dropping 70m's (or so) from the line. Surely if nothing else it unbalanced the horse... and could not have influenced the outcome...... but there is a nostril in it...so debatable
Not sure why you would say that it 'could not have influenced the outcome' - the horse was carrying more than 6 kgs less - so the logical reason was to disqualify it ?
We can agree to disagree .... in my humble opinion an 800 kg horse at full stride losing 6 kgs in weight for the last 70 m's of the race would not gain any significant advantage ... I understand rules are rules and must be applied but again ... in my opinion the result was not influenced by that saddle bag dropping {shrug}
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