[SamAdams76]

[mountn man]

Riderless horse is a DQ

[thecodont]

Why would a riderless horse want to keep competing?

[ConservativeStatement]

The jockey had his spleen removed from an accident about five years ago. A jockey, female, won at Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts this past weekend; she overcame brain damage and more suffered two years ago from an accident in West Virginia. Jockeys don’t have an easy task.

[poinq]

The winner is the qualified horse and rider that finishes first. A horse is qualified if it has run the race without fouls, and it had a rider that has also had no fouls. A horse by itself is not qualified.

[Deaf Smith]

That is why Davy Jones took up singing in a late 60’s boy band.

[mountn man]

https://youtu.be/XMKoH1HFxZ8?t=39

[ETL]

"Hmmm, The "PREEKness", huh?

[Innovative]

I would still call it a win. It is a horse race, not a jokey race.

[ETL]

Anyway, if the riderless horse went ahead and won the race, would it count as a victory? I'm thinking that without the additional weight of a jockey, the horse would have a bit of an advantage? Am I crazy for thinking that?

No, not crazy. Something else...

:)

[Telepathic Intruder]

This opens the possibility of radio-controlled horses.

[ETL]

"I lost two damn bucks on that friggin Preekness!"

[AlaskaErik]

Life is tough enough when you’re short. It’s even tougher if you’re a jockey.

[alexander_busek]

[...] at the beginning of the horse race called the Preekness and [...]

...mounted atop ungulates called "horses," during a sporting competition called a "race."

Regards,

[BansheeBill]

Each horse is assigned a weight to carry in a race, depending on the conditions of the race; that weight is made up of a jockey and his tack, and sometimes added weights if needed. The average assigned weight is 113–118 pounds but can be anywhere from 101 to 129 pounds. ... Most jockeys weigh between 106 and 110 pounds.

[Churchillspirit]

Happens all the time in steeple chasing.

Riderless horse does not count.

[V K Lee]

You failed to mention whether the officials were ignorant
know-nothings, or studied professionals.

The former would
have fined the horse for using his horse power with
no additional passengers to share the ride in that lane.

The latter would have immediately cracked open
the champagne and poured it over the crowd standing in the winner's circle.

[9YearLurker]

Surely you jest re: a big, tall and heavy jockey holding on...

[Robert DeLong]

They are disqualified once their rider is lost.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

A link to another song about horses, sort of;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ix8a66GT4

[henbane]

Maybe if the jockey was strong, tall and heavy, he or she would have held on?

Racing jockeys and "strong, tall and heavy" do not go together.

How would this guy even get his pony to the finish line before it collapsed?