Douglas to have surgery following spill

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

For what its worth Douglas would do just about anything to win a race including putting someone else in a spot. It is what made him a leading rider.

If you watch the 2nd and 3rd races on the ARL card that day .. Douglas had a short priced horse breaking from post 1 in both instances .. in both instances appeared loaded with no place to go .. and in both instances managed to find a seem very late and win without resorting to making his own room.

I have no problem with how Theriot rode his horse in the stake .. he saved all the ground through the turn on a 13/1 shot and appeared just before the incident to have a little more horse than what was outside of him and in front of him .. the field was just extremely bunched though and a real major accident happened.

I'm sure Theriot was far from the only rider who would have tried to force his way out. Maybe Douglas would have as well .. but he rode those two earlier winners much cooler when in a similar situation.