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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
So I guess the committee has decided that Elysium Fields re-rallied and almost ran down Cool Coal Man because of the latter getting tired, not because of horse that Coa didn't use earlier?
Fair enough. I saw it another way, and I've seen the same exact ride blow dozens of races.
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i saw it exactly like you do. Coa rode very confidently like a statue as he had a ton of horse and was passing the tiring leaders without asking. what he didn't see was KD shaking up Cool Coal Man, pulling him off the rail and putting him into a drive. Of course the moment he caught this out of the corner of his eye he started to get to work on Elysium Fields, and it took awhile to get that one rolling.
I like Coa but I think this time he was just caught off guard a little and got beat to the punch. there is no way he didn't say to himself "oh ****" when Cool Coal Man came around him. He didn't see that coming or else I'm sure he would have driven his mount harder and sooner.