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Originally Posted by Jax Cajun
I seriously doubt that Calvin was looking to showboat. He felt Curlin coming and peeked back to see where he was. Calvin wasn't running so looking back does not deter the horse. The horse had already quit racing because he thought he'd won, according to Carl. Now you can think he is lying to everybody or believe your own interpretation.
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I just think that he had nothing to gain by looking back. If he felt Curlin coming, he should have tried to get a little more out of SS. I do not if it would have mattered, but you saw what he lost by.