Where was I before the race? What does that have to do with anything?

In my opinion you need more than just a stop watch to analyze a race. Any professional horseman will tell u that. If u compare the times in Peru with the times at Gulfstream Park, is the same as comparing running on a sandy beach to running on concrete.

Before going deeper into analyzing the Florida Derby 2008 let me tell u about other bad breaks Tomcito endured. Jorge Chavez was told to work 3 1/2 furlongs days before the race and instead worked the horse 7 furlongs. Edgar Prado (Peruvian) who was supposed to have ridden Tomcito left for Dubai where he won both races and a total purse of $3 million.

Going back to the Florida Derby, pay close attention at Jorge Chavez actions from the start of the race. First instead of following the pace and slowly looking for the rail, pulls back the horse colliding with the 3 horse and runs into another horse who still does not allow him to get to the rail. Tomcito lost valuable ground to the rest of the pack. If I would have been the trainer, my first question to Chavez would be: "What the heck where u thinking off"? "Why did we work so hard to get speed on this horse if u is going to hold him back"?

Next step, I would get myself another jockey immediately.

Tomcito came from Peru after having raced in a 1 1/2 Miles race in a very deep track; this is just his first race in a Grade I in the United States. Don't forget that Tomcito style of racing is as a closer not a front runner like Big Brown.