Horses break Poorly and stumble on all surfaces in all types of races. Sometimes they are relatively minor, like War Emblem's in the Belmont or Seattle Slew's in his very slow Derby win. Starts are more important for front end speed horses. Game on Dude broke a half step slow and bobbled in last years Breeders Cup Classic...that very minor poor break is far more detrimental to him than it would have been to a horse without a one dimensional running style.
The hardest thing to do in horse racing is simply say 'I don't know why'
A lot of horses open up extremely cold on the board, they don't go out and break like that, almost ever.
Palace Malice was just one stall inside of Cross Traffic, and he broke like a shot.
There's a lot of good racing stuff to talk about now, guessing as to why the start wasn't cleaner in this years JCGC is a bit of a silly exercise.
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