I ride horses in real life, and I'm telling you that as dramatic as that stumble was, at most he lost a couple 10th's of a second. And that is at the VERY most.

I never said the horse wasn't fast, he was, but he was no super horse. And of course that last 1/4 in the Belmont was blazing, the race fell apart! Did you see the final time???

Again, I don't mean to knock Alex, he was a very nice colt, however, if he'd have run the year before, or the year after, I don't know that he would have fared so well. He would not have defeated Barbaro or Smarty in the Derby, he DEFINATELY would not have defeated Bernardini in the Preakness, and I'm not sure he'd have got Smarty either. In the Belmont.... Well, maybe running against a stronger pace....