Remsen Stakes (G2)’s finish order will remain unchanged as the New York Game Commission has taken no action on runner-up Remsen’s protest petition. Zandon .
According to the NYGC director of communications, Brad Maione, there is no mechanism in this case for the NYGC to overturn the manager’s decision to allow Mo Donegal to win the Dec. Aqueduct race track.
“Remsen has been officially declared by the management. There is no appeal process when the race is finally declared by the managers,” Maione said.
Donegal Racing’s Mo Donegal , coached by Todd Pletcher, and Jeff Drown’s Zandon, coached by Chad Brown, fought over the roughly $250,000 deposit for 2-year-olds with Zandon and racer John Velazquez on the tracks and Mo Donegal is right outside of him. After a fiery duel with several collisions, Mo Donegal prevailed with the nose.
According to the Equibase chart, Mo Donegal and runner Irad Ortiz Jr. “get closer to runner-up with a right-handed plant in the sixteenth column, let the rider drop that tree and throw repeated exaggerated crosses with the -rein left-handed near facing the returner. runner-up and narrowly prevailed when it collided with a nearby enemy.”
After calling to investigate, the managers did not reverse the order of termination, prompting Drown to file a protest.
Ortiz is currently serving a 30-day suspension for being disqualified from the December 3 race at the Aqueduct.
