Larry Jones must feel as though everyone is out to get him.

First, he strongly feels that foul play was involved in one his horses testing positive at Delaware Park this past week. Then, another crime was committed on Saturday at Belmont Park as stewards disqualified his Proud Spell from second place and placed her third for interference through the lane in the Grade 1 Mother Goose.

Proud Spell’s troubled trip began right at the break as she went straight to her knees. Pinned down along the inside turning for him, Alan Garcia aboard pace-setter Never Retreat came over and took away her path. Once switched out, Never Retreated then drifted towards the center of the track at the eighth pole, at which point Gabriel Saez directed Proud Spell back to the rail.

Merely 30 yards from the wire, Proud Spell did veer right and bump Never Retreat a shade, although clearly not affecting the final order. From the pan shot, the incident seems even less significant.

Nonetheless, the stewards deemed the action substantial enough to take Proud Spell from second and drop her to third — proving once again that the stewards in NY have ABSOLUTELY NO PULSE FOR THE GAME.