shanahan wrote:

a few words
> about Tapit - to me he looked like Thunder Gulch, looking the
> whole way down the stretch into the crowd! I loved it...

It could be. I don't remember seeing him do that in the Laurel Futurity or the Florida Derby. The crowd was bigger Florida Derby Day. His head sure was cocked to the right. I noticed it right about the time he had to go outside of Swingforthefences. When he cleared him, he suddenly veered in to the left. Luckily he was clear there. Why no one, not even the Jockey post race, mentioned the erratic behavior I can't understand. I don't know if he threw his own head right to offset a fatigue pull to the left or the Jockey was steering him right and then he bore in suddenly when he'd cleared SWTF. He had horses in front of him and he cocked his whole head to view the grandstand? Maybe, I'm guessing fatigue or something bothering him.