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On the NBC feed you can see Mario Guitierrez look at Fernando Perez on the backstretch as if to say why are you taking me wide and dueling with me up front?

[Kitan]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

On the NBC feed you can see Mario Guitierrez look at Fernando Perez on the backstretch as if to say why are you taking me wide and dueling with me up front?

Probably payback from some incident at Hastings a few years ago when they were both there. Nothing like sweet revenge on the grandest stage.

[Thunder Gulch]

I think the camp knew Nyquist would not like taking mud kickback so they sent him.

[TouchOfGrey]

Andy Beyer eviscerated Doug O’Neill and Mario Gutierrez for their tactics in on the radio show this morning.

[tanner12oz]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

I think the camp knew Nyquist would not like taking mud kickback so they sent him.

I get not wanting kickback but why not simply put him in 2nd..angled out or hugging the rail opposite the pace setter?

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by tanner12oz

I get not wanting kickback but why not simply put him in 2nd..angled out or hugging the rail opposite the pace setter?

Understand, but nobody expects to go 22 and change. Even if one of the other speeds goes and they are 23.0, it may have been a good tactic. Look how close they were to a Derby pace that looked "too fast".