Dedumbeaux's Ride

[ELA]

I might not agree with Turner's comments, but I certainly would listen to them as coming from someone qualified. I also very much agree with Andy's comments, it certainly cuts both ways. Dutrow opened the door and I don't see him ducking from the darts.

I am not going to buy into the "Kent has always had a reputation for not riding out" and that line of thinking. The guy is a professional and this is the Belmont Stakes. This was not a case of not riding out for 3rd, 4th, or a stakes placing. Different situation.

Could Turner be right? Absolutely. OTOH, is it possible that Kent felt, saw, experienced something that Turner didn't or could not have? Absolutely. Could it be something in between? Same answer. Anyway, the race is over. What's done is done and people and their opinion will land where they land.

Eric

[Handicappy]

Originally Posted by ELA

I might not agree with Turner's comments, but I certainly would listen to them as coming from someone qualified. I also very much agree with Andy's comments, it certainly cuts both ways. Dutrow opened the door and I don't see him ducking from the darts.

I am not going to buy into the "Kent has always had a reputation for not riding out" and that line of thinking. The guy is a professional and this is the Belmont Stakes. This was not a case of not riding out for 3rd, 4th, or a stakes placing. Different situation.

Could Turner be right? Absolutely. OTOH, is it possible that Kent felt, saw, experienced something that Turner didn't or could not have? Absolutely. Could it be something in between? Same answer. Anyway, the race is over. What's done is done and people and their opinion will land where they land.

Eric

Then don't buy it. I'm not selling it but it isn't a new critique of Kenny. They call him "Sleepy" for his many non-rides where he misjudges what the horse has left and stops riding. Please, they use a film of one of his rides in McCarrons jockey school in Ky as an example of how much it costs owners, trainers, etc when a rider doesn't ride a horse out. Capote's Crown, 4th in a grade 1. Missed third by a nose and the photo shows Kenny standing up on the horse. BB was not on his game but, please tell me where Funny Cide would have finished in the Jockey Club Gold Cup a few years ago, which he won, if Kenny was on him.