Kent's Ride: Stride-by-stride

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by justindew

There was a period of time AFTER Garcia and Coa's actions where Big Brown was relaxed and had his space. He may not have been on the outside, but there is no reason to think Kent could not have waited a moment or two, and THEN made the move.

So he waits, and Coa keeps him pinned. You don't "hope" they let you out when you're on the big favorite in a race, because they won't.

Big Brown was never settled until he got outside, which between at that point and the far turn, it was realized the horse was empty anyway.