Dedumbeaux's Ride

[arulus]

Um, what was the jockey supposed to do? Trample half the field into the ground in order to swing out within the first five seconds? Even though he probably got explicit instructions not to go to the lead until late? He was obviously looking to get BB into a comfortable spot as soon as he could, but he was forced to steady because it was impossible to go forward or sideways at that moment. He got the horse into a golden position after the first twenty seconds, and Big Brown just couldn't pull it off. Easing him up was absolutely the right thing to do; you could already tell halfway around the turn that the horse was struggling.

Nothing that Kent D. did made Big Brown flop so spectacularly. Coa did look like he was herding him wide, but considering he went all the way on the outside in both the Derby and Preakness, you wouldn't think it would be too huge of an issue...