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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
Yeah, I noticed that too. I thought he was in trouble before that though.
I would not be surprised at all to see Battle Plan go on the shelf, or never run again.
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I think he would have had a shot to hold on if he would have stayed on his right lead. I don't think it was a soundness issue. I think it was more a result of the continuous right-handed whipping. When these horses are giving their all and the jock keeps hitting them right-handed, it will sometimes make them switch to their left lead.
As I said before, I don't know why Castellano didn't switch to his left hand to try to get the horse back on his right lead.