Just one more way to lose a race

[Frost King]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Race 8 Churchill today

#8 Good Offense was about 2 yards from the wire today when he shied from the photo finish lights and stopped abruptly, throwing Jesus Castanon to the ground

oh my

I remember one time at Fort Erie, there was a horse named Ben Pipo, who was winning the race, and then dropped dead literally yards from the finish line. The rider got thrown over the line, and he slid over the line with out the rider. He was DQ’d because the rider didn’t complete the course.