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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
When the race first started my reaction was 'crap, he's being rank.' Tagg seemed happy with the ride and said as much but Bailey was critical of Cornelio for more than one trip on the horse. Does anybody agree with that assessment or is the horse just harder than Bailey's giving credit? I thought Tagg felt he was easier to train than Funny Cide but does that correlate into an easier horse to rate for the jockey necessarily?
Honestly I can't ever quite get away from this horse just because I'm sentimentally happy for Albert the Great. There are a few sires this year I'm happy for in terms of getting a big runner. I loved Barbaro by himself early last spring but right after his Derby win and I said "yay Barbaro!" my next impulse was 'yay Dynaformer!" It doesn't rule my picks but it adds to the enjoyment of them.
About Corinthian really quick, the action sounds like he's the typical headcase I've heard him to be but maybe it's more of an involuntary reaction on the assistant starter's part. Think about it, you're trying to keep a horse from spazzing and not let him go up but if he does it at the moment the doors open you're trying to turn him loose partly but some muscle memory says 'he's screwing around, hold' and you have to consciously let go...all this happens of course within a split second and not like you have time to think that whole thing in your head but I just mean it's instinctive to not let a rearing horse just bug out. Hypothesizing, sorry.
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I thought the same thing. I just find it hard to believe that this colt is going to win the derby... while he looked more professional in the stretch, derby day is a whole 'nother ball game.