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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Coa did his part, thats for sure. He kept Big Brown pinned behing D'Tara early, then pushed him out on the backstretch. With that said, you give Big Brown a dream trip from the outside and he still would have lost yesterday.
Kent stopped on him I think just to not have the indignity of getting passed by the maiden while in a drive.
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Kent stopped on him because that is what Kent does. He should have done what every over jockey would have done. He should have just wrapped him up and galloped home. But this was all about him and he does what he usually does. When he doesn't think he can win he gives up on the horse. If you don't believe me, look at his non-gallop out on Golden Doc A in Indian Blessings race. Horse finished last and he didn't even get a 16th past the finish and he yanked him up. Golden's assistant who was there was pissed.
But as much as I dislike KD as a jockey, Dutrow bears responsibility. You don't miss 4 days of training during this TP cycle, go into a 1 1/2 mile race and expect to not have a problem. Rumor on the back stretch was there was alot of blood under the patch of the quarter crack. Someone said blood was gushing out of it.
But I have never seen so much anomosity for a trainer and jockey as there is for those two. Dutrow brings it on and Kenny D. does as well with his rides. I have no fault with the first 220 yards. I think he was an ass the last part of the race with the world watching. It looked like another Barbaro breakdown.