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Thorn Song

Postby PrivateSmiles » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:56 pm

Holy crap! Made my heart stop with that sudden move.
"And Afleet Alex just ran right by Giacomo like he was standing still!"

Tom Durkin, 2005 Belmont Stakes
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Re: Thorn Song

Postby Sonyaluvslavaman » Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:53 pm

That really freaked me out big time. So glad it turned out to be nothing more than the new b l i n kers.
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Re: Thorn Song

Postby Risen Star » Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:57 pm

That was freaky alright. At first I didn't know what to think, but somehow it didn't look like he took a bad step because he seemed to gallop OK, but was obviously done at that point. Monterey Jazz also freaked and took off. Two horses, one with an apparently equipment issue and the other with just reacting perhaps out of fear. Horses get scared about a lot of things. They'll run first and ask questions later, which is obviously what Monterey Jazz did.

Kudos though to Global Hunter (Arg.) and Cory, who has always been a superb turf rider.
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