desormeaux admitted that the horse wanted to keep going, that there was nothing wrong with him. can he get in trouble for not riding to the wire? i remember a jock a few years ago got a lengthy suspension because he didn't try all the way to the finish.
as for the horse yesterday-i think it was a combination of factors that got big brown beat. the foot, the heat possibly, the rail, rank early and being taken back-i think kent took him out of his game there, expecting da tara to fold like a cheap tent.
everyone had said that with his speed early, no front runner could stay with him-and we know what happened in the fla derby, no one could catch hiim late...it's like kent forced brown to run with the horses, and that's exactly what big brown wanted to do the rest of the race.
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