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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Not exactly. Trujillo has never ridden there before and misjudged the line. He pulled up because he thought they had crossed it already. He was ahead of Kent's horse when this was done. Kent D, being Kent D decided to do the same thing, although he's ridden there all meet. Apparently Kent D apologized to the fans after the stake (which he won) for what he did.
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ps, from the Keeneland website:
Kent Desormeaux (winning rider):
On misjudging the finish in the third race and finishing second:
“I’d have to be retarded not to apologize to the fans. I messed up. I chose the wrong (finish) line to stand up at. I’m so apologetic to the fans, but this kind of eases the pain a little bit.”