When two or more teams train together for years, they need to be careful not to give even the appearance of cooperation out on the race course. This could mean doing more than avoiding obvious blatant fouls against an opponent, but also more subtle things like not pushing one's right of way against a training partner while doing so against a competitor. Certainly, it's a tough line to walk.

In the end, it made little difference...protest was disallowed, Lovell & Ogletree still had to win the last 4 races and they did.