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Originally Posted by JolyB
Tough question to answer. I thought I noticed that Silver Dust was acting up in the gate and then bobbled badly coming out of the gate. At that point, the horse moved quickly to the lead and maintained that lead through some fairly quick fractions until he was caught and faded badly. It is difficult for me to believe that an experienced jockey like Hernandez would feel it wise to attempt to make up ground and get the lead so dramatically. I had the sense that he may have given his horse some urging to get him running and the horse did what was asked of him and a whole lot more. But I have nothing but my gut to base that on. Clearly, whatever the reason, SD was moving like a quarter horse for a short while.
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Yes, I was focused on him and he was clearly ready to shoot out of there, but hopped when the gate opened and then shot to the lead, but I thought that was possibly by design since they probably thought they might need to, if Pletcher's horse had shown up which he clearly didn't and as you pointed out neither did Finite in her race. In any case, it was a disappointment because he clearly seemed to be the second best horse in the race and had already beaten a couple of those horses that finished ahead of him, but
that's racing. What we expect just doesn't happen all that often and I guess we're foolish for thinking it should.
