the 2 "leave-ups" were the only 2 winners I had all day. Obviously, I also thought the stewards made the right call on both. The fact that the only horse Texas Elegance interfered with was going backwards made leaving him up the right thing to do, although I wasn't anywhere near certain at the time they would do it. The Pletcher horse in the last was far more cut and dry, he barely made contact with the 3, JV straightened him out right away. Unfortunately, I needed Garcia on the 8 to get 2nd. It was not a good day at the Spa yesterday. Hopefully today will be MUCH better!
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