Desormeaux Preakness ride

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Originally Posted by Gander

I only think your crazy because you watched a horse break his leg 300 times over and over. Thats just plain sick. I couldnt watch it once.

It's the infraction part of it that I just can't swallow. Where he comes into him. Not the clip.

Right at the begining of the race you can see SNS, jump out right to Bernardinis side. So he even had more room by brushing Bernardini right, so how the hell 30 yrds later does he end up with a clip.

I thought the ride on SNS in the Preakness was horrible. He was way too close to very swift fractions. As brillant as Bernardini was in that race, I absolutely cannot watch the part where Barbaro broke down. I always fast forward it past that part and watch the rest of the race.

Like oracle, DaHoss and eveyone else said though, KD was most likely just trying to get postion in the beggining of the race and that is probably not what caused Barbaro's leg fracture. I didn't like the ride only for the reason stated above (too close to a fast pace). However, SNS liked to be on or near the lead anyway, and I think the horse was probably hard to ride because he was tired. He staggered down the lane swerving in and out of the rail like he was drunk.

That was just a horrible race. I keep praying that the boy is happy and pain-free and that he lives for horse racing.