06-09-2009, 08:06 AM
I saw it live too JB. Was pretty disappointed with Mine That Bird's owner trying to blame it on Borel. Fucking crybaby.
Borel was a gentleman about it, said his little horse just didn't have it for the mile and a half and that asshole tried to blame the jockey for letting him out a little early in the race.
Borel was in the right to do that. You DO NOT fight the horse if he wants to go. You tire him out and he fights back. That's how injuries happen too.
I've been ON Belmont's track. It's deep, like running on the beach. 1 1⁄2 miles on that is not easy for a horse to do and every year they remind you with Secretariat's race. Fucker was a freak. He ran each quarter faster than the one before.
I'm happy Kent Desormeaux got his Belmont win. It was a very exciting race all in all.
Borel was a gentleman about it, said his little horse just didn't have it for the mile and a half and that asshole tried to blame the jockey for letting him out a little early in the race.
Borel was in the right to do that. You DO NOT fight the horse if he wants to go. You tire him out and he fights back. That's how injuries happen too.
I've been ON Belmont's track. It's deep, like running on the beach. 1 1⁄2 miles on that is not easy for a horse to do and every year they remind you with Secretariat's race. Fucker was a freak. He ran each quarter faster than the one before.
I'm happy Kent Desormeaux got his Belmont win. It was a very exciting race all in all.