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Originally Posted by Danzig
desormeaux admitted that the horse wanted to keep going, that there was nothing wrong with him. can he get in trouble for not riding to the wire? i remember a jock a few years ago got a lengthy suspension because he didn't try all the way to the finish.
as for the horse yesterday-i think it was a combination of factors that got big brown beat. the foot, the heat possibly, the rail, rank early and being taken back-i think kent took him out of his game there, expecting da tara to fold like a cheap tent.
everyone had said that with his speed early, no front runner could stay with him-and we know what happened in the fla derby, no one could catch hiim late...it's like kent forced brown to run with the horses, and that's exactly what big brown wanted to do the rest of the race.
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I feel sorry for the horse. He really did want to go on.
But he was just spinning his wheels, he had nothing
for whatever reason. I still like the horse. He is game.
Look like he had every intention of continuing.
I think the foot probably concerned Kent D. more than
anything. Driving a dead horse forward... I dont fault
him for stopping Brown. Consequences if the hoof went
bad... deep doo doo.
The first part of the race was really tough. DaTara shot
out, Brown ran up his butt, then Coa had a good enough
start to pin him for a short time.
He went outside of Coa and Coa took him way out.
Coa did nothing illegal but that guy is ruthless.
Oops I see Mr. Travis has posted somewhat the same
thing. My apologies.