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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
As another poster pointed out, he could have gotten out, but apparantly Bravo felt the horse wanted to run into another horse's ass. Who knows, maybe the trainer told him the horse likes to run into horses, as that's about the only logical explanation I can come up with.
She had already accelerated by the horse who ended up clunking along for second. She would have won the race with a competent rider.
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What more is there to say: KEY on the turf is having a clear run ---even at the cost of ground loss. You can't keep a horse that's full of run behind horses that have run and are backing up.
Not too get too much off base, though I think this is very relevant given the high number of poor rides: it would be a huge benefit to these IDIOT jockeys if they were to take the time and watch bicycle races. When I go to the local velodrome, I can always predict who is going to win a given race cause they MOVE at the right time.
In fact, jockeys would benefit IMMENSELY (in terms of pace and strategy) if they were to ride in bike races. Why is that, you might ask? Cause, if they were the ones doing the work (rather than the horses they senslessly punish) they'd realize how idiotic,not to mention COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, some of their moves are.