A couple of thoughts on this.....I'm surprised that nothing has been mentioned about Borel running out of goggles.....Gary Stevens made mention of it in the broadcast yesterday....If you look at the wire, when Borel raises his head, he looks like a baby that just went under water for the first time....could that have caused him some issues down the stretch....I know it happens all the time, but to happen in the stretch of the 2nd leg of the TC is awful....I think the reason why it looked like he quit riding him was because when he looked back over his shoulder and saw Curlin it shocked the bejesus out of him and then he really had to get busy again....once he passed him at the top of stretch, I don't think he ever thought about him til he heard something, looked over his shoulder and he was right in his face.....you can tell on the replay that he was stunned..whatever happened happened and we all got to witness a great race....
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