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Old 06-08-2008, 07:05 AM
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Kent mentioned that the horse "slipped" coming out of the gate. Then he was clearly uncomfortable being on the rail. Kent put him on the outside where he likes it (Hell they opted for the 20 in the derby over the rail) and then it seemed that Coa was intent on putting Big Brown in to the Parking Lot. He did look very wide on the backstretch (that stupid abc/espn view finally paid off). This is a horse that had always seemed to have perfect trips, this was the first time that he really had to deal with a little trouble. I do think it did affect him, but bottom line is that he just didn't have the horse. So even if Kent got him to the lead or kept him clear, I do not think it would have mattered. The horse had nothing when Kent asked him.
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