USA Today’s photo gallery has an interesting shot too, number 3. When you look at that, I think it is miraculous they both did not suffer a huge horse calamity.
I Still wonder why he hit him on the left side.
I do question the jockey and I am not the only one, it seems.
…the yit you read in the press…why bother posting it when reading it comes w/ a grain of salt?
Of course the Triple Crown has always been a big deal - Secretariat was on the cover of Time magazine, for heaven’s sakes, and many of the old greats are legends in their own right among people who know nothing about horses or racing. I have many, many friends who are neither horse people nor avid racing fans, and they know Secretariat, Seattle Slew, etc.
The Triple Crown has ALWAYS been a huge event, even before the days of ESPN and TGV. The $5 million dollar bonus merely sweetened the pot - just like all those other bonuses that are offered for winning X, Y, and Z races together.
Afleet Alex’s jockey said himself in an interview that what happened wasn’t the jockeys fault (on Scrappy T).
And Scrappy T’s jockey said it was unintentional, that his horse overreacted.
That’s horse racing! Scrappy T should not have been disqualified in any way. And the ONLY way AA was not going to win, is if he had actually fallen down.
Afleet Alex was amazing the way he picked himself up and dug in. What an act of heart, courage, and determination!
yeah, scrappy’s spin out was rough, but he shouldn’t be disqualified or placed 3rd. Now if it had ended with Alex in second, I would advocate the stewards’ change of placings. But seeing as the only horse effected was Alex and he still won, no fault to scrappy.
since when is it the steward’s job to send messages about a horse’s experience or need of “reschooling”? Messages on drugs, and jockey behavior yes, but on a HORSE, no way… The trainer and owner will have plenty message knowing that in that event someone could have been killed.
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