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Old 03-07-2021, 07:53 AM
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Tried to lug out from the opening; rider had outside rein dangling the whole time and horse still drifted out through the stretch.
Mike Smith says the video screen caused it.

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“He never does that in the mornings,” Baffert said. “(Smith) was telling me that he saw that screen.”

Baffert was referring to the big video board on the infield about 50 yards before the finish.

“In the mornings he goes by that screen like it’s nothing,” Smith said. “But it’s not on. We might want to get them to turn it on a couple mornings.”
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Who knew the video screen wrapped around the track. Tainerspeak and Jockeyspeak are so funny.
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Old 03-07-2021, 09:44 AM
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Who knew the video screen wrapped around the track. Tainerspeak and Jockeyspeak are so funny.
That BS is even funnier when you consider Mike Smith's solution; he would make a great trainer after he retires from riding.

Gonna enter a horse with "totalizator board off" rather than "blinkers on". What a genius.

No word yet if the Saudi racing officials have considered his suggestion that they add a second, shorter finish line to the King Abdulaziz Racetrack in order to offset Charlatan Slew's habit of slowing down with added distance.

On second thought, I'm actually scared that Santa Anita officials will take his suggestion seriously...
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