Re: Derby Works Update-Desormeaux Noshow (586 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: April 29, 2006 01:56PM
Michael D. Wrote:
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> “He should be a Triple Crown winner, but I messed
> up,” Rose said, referring to Afleet Alex’s
> third-place finish at Churchill Downs, where he
> was beaten by two long shots.
If you're referring to over use of the whip in the Ark. I don't think that beat Alex. He did have a top. But he was sick in the runup to the Derby and caught the wrong part of the track that day off that top.
Words from his own mouth, regarding his belief that his horse was so good he shouldn't have been beaten. Jockeys can keep a horse from winning. I don't think Rose got in the way, but only a good kid with talent would speak from his heart like that.
I want him on SnS