Not that we haven't seen this move from Kent many times before....
But, You'll notice him take a look behind him twice down the backstretch, and you'll notice him go to an all-out ride when Invasor gets about 1 1/4 lengths from him, while inside of him.
He didn't wait for Invasor to come to his horse.
To Desormeaux's credit, he rode over 800 mounts last year, and those mounts produced an 8% profit on the betting dollar. He was the only major circuit rider, who's mounts showed a flat bet profit on the betting dollar, in the year 2006.
He achieved that stat by scoring several big upsets throughout the year. There is no offical tally for total bonehead rides in 2006...but, he might top that as well if there was one. He tries to do more race-riding than just about everyone else--and he shakes things up in races as much as anyone.
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