Rider Teresa Wilcox, 41, of
Chadwick, Mo., disagrees that she and rider Sandy Olsen of Edmond, Okla.,
were a half-mile past the finish line. her Wichita hospital room,
Wilcox said she did not remember seeing
a finish line.
Wilcox was determined to win Tuesday, the ninth day of the race, as
she had already won two days of races. As the crossed the
finish line, she was laughing and waving. "When you're running that
fast, they (the horses) are just flying," Wilcox said.
"Both of us were just a smiling and all of a sudden I saw this
car and said Oh, crud. I hit that car and it was like hitting a
wall. "