Kent's Ride: Stride-by-stride

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I don't necessarily agree with the theory that jockey's don't matter at all. But, this thread is a fine example of how focusing on a ride can cause people to lose sight of what really happened. We are 5 pages into a thread about Kent D's ride, that most people saw as much ado about nothing.

Which the whole point of the blog in the first place... people wanted to blame the jocks ride in this case (very publicly, through radio, print, TV), which I felt was quite over the edge. The reasons he lost go well beyond the guy in the saddle... well beyond.