Big Brown Beyer for Preakness was a 100

[blackthroatedwind]

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

Yeah. That was a gem. How many times did he check? What was he thinking?

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

What exactly happened there? From the pan shot, the inference is that he's squeezed going into the turn. From the headon, it's hard to tell whether the horse to his outside comes in or it's because the horse ahead of him, in the 2 path, backs up a bit. Frankly, it appears as if he checked needlessly.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

What exactly happened there? From the pan shot, the inference is that he's squeezed going into the turn. From the headon, it's hard to tell whether the horse to his outside comes in or it's because the horse ahead of him, in the 2 path, backs up a bit. Frankly, it appears as if he checked needlessly.

I was similarly confused and felt, generously, it was some combination thereof. What, in some ways, was worse was how Kent simply gave up and stuck the horse four or so wide and didn't even seem to try until it was too late.

I didn't bet her, and was sort of glad she lost as I had singled her in the Pick-4, pitched the 3:5 in the second, used four of the other five horses, and left the winner out.