1996 KY Derby

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I thought I remembered Smith saying he never handled the track. i can't remember the name of the shoe, but it was something Paragallo chose and smith said it was like he was swimming down the stretch.

bar shoes...

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Smith said after the race that every time he asked him for more in the stretch, he would drift, because of the bar shoes.

I recall that Smith said that it was like "running in a foot race in combat boots."

There was nothing wrong with Smith's ride. He had a horse with a bad foot.

Horse ran a damn good race, considering the foot. He was 2 clear at the top of the stretch, ran a mile in 1:35 despite being in obvious pain (gets out coming out of the turn pretty bad) and the pacesetters he was with finished last or close to last. Never liked UBS much but I have to give him credit.

[Bobby Fischer]

great race, just watched it again