I was at my sister's house helping her move this afternoon, and prior to the race my family had a blind-draw for the Belmont horses with each participant paying $5 per horse. When my adorable 13-year-old cousin asked me what I thought about Da'Tara's chances, I kindly patted her on the head and told her, "He'll probably finish dead last."
After watching replays, several of my family members (who only tune in for Triple Crown races) said they thought it looked like Kent Desormeaux never really asked the horse and instead appeared to be holding Big Brown the entire race. Several asked if I thought Desormeaux could have possibly thrown the race, and while I don't think so, that is at least some insight as to what the non-racing fan might see after watching the race.
Did we just see Big Brown's last race? More later when I return this evening...
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Initial Thoughts
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Nah, I don't think he threw the race. And what would his motivation be? I'm far from an expert eye, but I could see that he was having to ask BB for more effort far earlier than he should have, and as they rounded the far turn he was asking in a much more dramatic fashion than any of the other jockeys, yet the others horses were passing Big Brown. Watch a replay and compare the rides - it was clear that BB was giving no response for a good way round the turn.
I agree -- the point was that to non-racing fans it appeared like this was Desormeaux's fault, which was only added by the fact that he pulled the horse up... and without an obvious injury after the initial inspection by track vets.
we went to lone star park on Thursday to place bets only to find out that you can only place bets on races out of state the day before and day of the race in Texas. Bummer - Your uncle was betting across the board on da'tara and was really upset to say the least when we watched the race after graduation!
hope you aren't too tried from moving!
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