IT would be reasonable to assume that our Stipendiary Stewards are a well-informed, well-paid, highly professional body of men who can read a race or at least see what is going on.
So why was it necessary to put back all subsequent races by five minutes and keep punters waiting for almost 15 minutes before getting paid out for the second event? This was the race where defending champion jockey Basil Marcus and Space Rock clipped the heels of Sagar and came down.
The 'inquiry' sign was immediately flashed and racegoers informed to hold all tickets.
But why the wait - and why was it deemed necessary, at this stage anyway, to interview three jockeys involved in the incident? Apart from their own observations, the Stewards have immediate access to film footage from seven cameras.
It would take only a cursory glance to establish that the fall could in no way be attributed to foul riding on the part of Sagar's jockey, John Marshall, and therefore the placings must remain unaltered.
Once the weighed-in had then been posted the race-meeting stewards could proceed, if they deemed it necessary, to take evidence from the jockeys involved.
Simple really.