look close at the 2:25 mark. There is a jockey slight obscuring the view when he stumbles and moves left into the horse beside him. Was it as bad as maximum security, no. but it happened. the camera angle doesn’t help a viewer see it.
@palmbach fully aware European turf is much different than American turf…its actual turf racing and it tends to be deep and wet, hilly and imperfect. European horses train much differently than American horses (something I envy about them) and in some aspects I view European racing on a much higher pedestal than American racing.
It doesn’t take away from the fact that the horse DID brush the horse next to him in the final two furlongs. would I say he impeded him> absolutely not. This was far less dramatic than the KY Derby. If you cant see him brush the horse next to him, try concentrating on the horse involved and the jockey on him. the bay horse with no markings immediately took a sharp turn left (watch his head) and his jockey
Lets start with still pictures from the video. This clear shows the change of lanes and left movement
You can see here he is clearly following the same lane of the horse in navy blue silks. he is running straight at this point
http://i66.tinypic.com/2qbuh76.jpg
Below, the field has bunch. Van Dyk has gained ground and is running in the same, straight path that he has been. He is now tracking directly behind the navy blue silks horse, perhaps slightly to his left flank. The horse affected is circled behind navy silks horse
http://i67.tinypic.com/es2gyg.jpg
Image, below, Van Dyk’s jockey is asking for more. You can see Van Dyk is now tracking to the left flank of navy silks horse. Horse affected is now running head to head with Van Dyk. Van Dyk is still tracking straight. This photo is at the moment of the stumble, miliseconds before the shift left
http://i63.tinypic.com/106d3fd.jpg
In this photo, Van Dyk is now moving into the horse next to him. You can see the slight direction to the left. Horse to his left’s head is now in very close proximity to Van Dyk. Jockey affected is now shifting left. You can visibly see him leaning left.
http://i65.tinypic.com/spafzk.jpg
Van Dyk stumbles here. You can see the direction in which his body is angled left. He has now changed lanes from the photo previous. You can clearly see the angle of his body here from the other horses in the field running about the same spot in the track (orange and blue silks). The heads of Van Dyk and the horse to his left are just about touching
http://i65.tinypic.com/xlxr1t.jpg
Van Dyk has changed lanes at this point. You can clearly see the distance of change between this photo and the 2 or 3 above, All captured within milliseconds/seconds of eachother. Bay horse to the inside is now leaning left, his jockey is still leaning left. Van Dyk’s jockey is clearly steering left
http://i65.tinypic.com/28jbb6s.jpg
Van Dyk’s jockey still clearly steering left in this frame. Noticeable lane change in this frame as well. His jocks arm is practically taking out the eyeball of the horse next to him. Van Dyk now travelling in the lane that the lead horse is in (blue and white striped hat)
http://i67.tinypic.com/2vkgcxi.jpg
Lane change ever more prevalent here, Van Dyk now tracking in the lane to the left flank of bluestripe hat horse. He has plowed the horse next to him over this distance as well. Bay horse is now squeezed between Van Dyk and the blazed chestnut
http://i65.tinypic.com/4py0wk.jpg
Van Dyk has stopped lane changes at this point, He has moved 3-4 lanes than his original course behind the navy blue silks. Bay horse to his left is still running eye to eye at this point despite being pushed 3 lanes left. Van Dyk is now clear of the blue/white striped hat and running clear to his left in a new lane
http://i64.tinypic.com/5vvxxi.jpg
