03-16-2008, 12:26 PM
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Churchill Downs
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: UNC-CH will always miss Eve Carson. RIP.
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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
I could tell in the Belmont a few years ago that War Emblem was having a panic attack on the backstretch because he was behind horses. For those of you who don't recall, WE was free-running sort who wanted to run on the front-end and went to his knees at the start. Rider chose not to gun him up to the lead (suicide in most races, and this was 12f), but the horse could not mentally handle not being on the lead.
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