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05-17-2009, 10:10 PM
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Velazquez's ride on Big Drama
What do you make of Velazquez's ride on Big Drama? When they came out of the gate there was a stumble, then Velazquez seemed to immediately guide Big Drama to the middle of the track. My first thought was that this was a Forty-Niner/Winning Colors type ploy, and that Velazquez was an idiot. Then I considered two other possibilities:
1. Velazquez had determined that the rail was slow and wanted to get out to a faster path. 2. After the gate incident and the stumble out of the gate, Velazquez wanted to get his horse away from the rail in case he did something crazy. In the quotes thread, Velazquez is quoted as saying Big Drama ran away with him. Was it really Big Drama running away from that rail? --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 
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