i dont know,maybe i saw another race

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Originally Posted by ontheoutside

I know im 88 and my eyes fail me a lot, but can someone explain what jerry bailey and randy moss were talking about? to me they were downgrading justify because he didn't win by 6/ are you kidding me?


I think I heard one of them say because the fraction was 112 and change for 3 quarters they were expecting a explosion and a win by open lengths

I saw a horse take advantage of no one chasing him to 3 quarters
I saw a jockey neverhit the horse until inside the 16th pole and I saw the horse then open up to extend his lead and they were taps not whips

are you not supposed to save your horse as most you can while winning if circumstance arises? they both said these 2 horses didn't scare anyone away from kentuck derby im glad they said that becausae I cant wait to unload on justify and mayme with therecomments he goes from 5-2 to now 4 to 1 thank you

The post-race hyperbole went both ways. Another website's article on the race described Mike Smith's "masterful" ride with details that only the author seemed to imagine.

True Smith probably let Justify float out to encourage Bolt D'Oro to alter course towards the rail, but it created a new problem when Justify kept floating out and failed to switch leads.

And those were not "taps" that Justify felt from Smith's whip. He got a good one on his right side and then started to drifty noticeably towards the rail (the "masterful" article presumptively suggested Smith did this on purpose to put Bolt D'Oro onto the "deepest part of the track"). Smith then had to switch to his left hand and gave Justify 3 more good cracks.

I'm not convinced Smith saved anything.