Hateya

In Friday's race, Hateya was disqualified and placed fourth, for interefering with the the fourth- placed horse. The rule is that if one horse bothers another, it will be placed immediately behind the one it bothered. If it runs over everybody, it is placed last.

I watched a replay of the race, and cannot tell what caused Hateaya to bolt outward. He has never shown any fear at that particular spot on the racetrack. My only explanation is that he saw something on the inside that frightened him and took a right when he should have been taking a left. Mind you, this is the most difficult horse to work with in the morning. If you are not prepared to keep him distracted, something else will. It's hard to understand how a horse could suddenly see a ghost in the middle of a herd barreling along at top speed. I have a lot more to say about this, but I gotta go to work now. It's six o'clock.