Guidry

[Bobby Fischer]

The couple that passed him had an awful lot of horse IMO.

Guidry sure did take a wide path though. There was some pressure to his outside entering the turn, I wander if he was trying to take them wide? Not the greatest tactic, since the turn takes them wide anyway and the rail is a vulnerable spot.
Has Wilkes/Borel been on fire or what!?
I don't know , IMO Guidry would have needed to anticipate the the rail move (maybe he should have), and hope to intimidated/block with his horse and whip to hold on as good as they were finishing.
Also note the right hand action of Guidry in the stretch trying to get his horse to stop fading out , as well as the horses head looking a bit right... although all this was after the fact of going wide on the turn.