BC can't answer handle figs honestly: "It's the field size, stupid"

[JerseyJ]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

A horse's behavior is a reflection of it's training, and Quality Road needs a lot more schooling at the gate before his next start. This is not the first time he's acted up, and the gate crew shouldn't have to risk their lives more than they already do because the horse isn't prepared properly.

It was a seriously lucky thing no one was hurt.

I didn't realize that these animals always do as they are told and instructed to...I didn't realize they are machines. You could do all the training and schooling in the world, and sometimes the horse doesn't listen or want to do what you are looking for it to do. I think it's absolutely foolish to pin the blame on Pletcher for the horse acting up behind the gate. Last I looked Quality Road wasn't disguised as Pletcher. And if a horse's behavior is a reflection of it's training, I'll throw this out there, an NFL team is preparing to go play in lets say Indianapolis, and all week they practice with a ton of crowd noise, and they work on making sure the offensive line is on the same page with regard to false starts, and then come Sunday, they have 6 false starts in Indianapolis, even though they dedicated extra time towards working with snap counts and to avoid false starts, is that a reflection of their training or is that something out of the coaches hands, very much like Quality Road's gate actions were out of Pletcher's hands.