Thank You Mine That Bird

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

The thing with the drop back move is that so many of the horses in the race are incapable of going 10 furlongs at race speed. Borel takes advantage of this... he basically removes himself from the 'meat' of the race and asks the horse to run for 3 1/2-4 furlongs while most everyone else is asked to run harder longer.

He basically rode the Derby the same way three years in a row now, and is 3-2-0-1. Not bad.

It's amazing that in 19 & 20 horse fields that he has been able to stay away from trouble and take advantage of ground saving rail skimming trips.
I forgot who said it, but obviously he has gotten through on the biggest of stages. How many times does he not get through (maybe when he does have the best horse) when the world is not watching?