not to beat a dead horse but, ...

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what a bunch of crap.

now we are blaming the jocks for getting smarty jones beat?
Im sorry,
but I thought it was the job of a jock to WIN the race, and not let another horse win just b/c the little horsey ppl think its a cute story.

was Bailey supposed to do everything he could to ensure that SJones won?
this is chris bridges.

SJones ran a heck of a race.
was part of the pace and still held on for 2nd.
look,
purge goes to the rail with RHT beside him on the first turn.
SJones and Elliot elect to go 3 wide around the turn with Edd right beside him.
then SJones makes his move entering the back straight.
now, RHT and Edd can either let him get away with an easy front running lead down the backstretch or go with him.
OF COURSE they go with him. RHT makes him work.
SJones puts Edd away first before they even get to the turn.
puts RHT away on the far turn and enters the straight with an ever increasong lead over RHT.
got tired in the stretch and was run down by The Stone who was moving best at the end.
NOTHING UNUSUAL about the race or the riding tactics at all.

Im sorry your feel good story did not come to the end so many of you wanted.
personally, I wish he would have stayed down when he hit his head on that gate as a 2YO.
at least then we would not have to listen to all this b*tching about how unfair it is that the other jocks and horses did not "let" him win the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.



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