Roger Stein on Beyer on Zenyatta

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

I think he choked.

Smith rode a very good race. He's lucky Jose Lezcano wasn't still on Fly Down and Julian Leperoux was... Julian was oblivious to Zenyatta while riding his own horse - and he let her out of a trap. Smith would have been stopped cold had Julian not angled Fly Down out so soon.