Desormeaux Preakness ride

[miraja2]

[quote=kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by TogaJunkie

I thought the ride on SNS in the Preakness was horrible. He was way too close to very swift fractions too. As brillant as Bernardini was in that race, I absolutely cannot watch the part where Barbaro broke down. I always fast forward it past that part and watch the rest of the race.

Yeah I can't watch this replay either so I am certainly no expert on Kent's ride in the race but my instinct tells me that, sure him moving over was probably partially responsible for the injury. Literally thousands of little things had to come together to cause that injury.
What if Matz had chosen a different post position?
Did an assistant starter make a noise that caused Barbaro to push through the gate?
If he hadn't pushed through the gate would he have gotten hurt?
It could go on forever, and I'll take your word for it that we can add KD's ride to the list. But if he didn't do anything that was blatantly against the rules of the sport, or anything intentional, then I really don't see the point in "blaming" him.

[Gander]

Well said as right. As much as I hope Barbaro pulls through, I am sick of hearing his name, and only want to if its good news.

Gosh, we are embarking on just about teh best time of year for horse racing...
Saratoga, then Belmont/Keeneland Fall leading up to BC.

Theres so much more to talk about than Barbaro.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

[quote=miraja2]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Yeah I can't watch this replay either so I am certainly no expert on Kent's ride in the race but my instinct tells me that, sure him moving over was probably partially responsible for the injury. Literally thousands of little things had to come together to cause that injury.
What if Matz had chosen a different post position?
Did an assistant starter make a noise that caused Barbaro to push through the gate?
If he hadn't pushed through the gate would he have gotten hurt?
It could go on forever, and I'll take your word for it that we can add KD's ride to the list. But if he didn't do anything that was blatantly against the rules of the sport, or anything intentional, then I really don't see the point in "blaming" him.

Like DaHoss and oracle said, we will never know what really caused Barbaro to get hurt (I edited my first post on this thread and added that in as well as the part that I didn't think KD's ride was responsible for Barbaro's injury, and that I quit trying to figure out what had caused his injury two months ago). It's horse racing and it happened. All we can do now is pray that the boy is happy and pain-free.