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If you watch the replay of the race you see some rough
handling of the colt by Kent D. in the first
quarter. Looks to me that he was real worried about
getting boxed in early and took a gamble
moving to the outside when he did. He was in the irons and
bridle bigtime holding BB up to move him over. Was that
enough to put the colt off and for BB not respond when
Kent D asked him for the gas? Or was it the lack of
steroids...?

Ann Louise


On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:26:05 -0400
 "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Keeping up on the latest on the BB debacle at the 
> Belmont the news now says Detrow the trainer has placed 
> the blame on Kent D. the jockey who pulled up BB when he 
> said the horse just didn't have it that day.  I've already 
> said they with held the steroids the horse was used too 
> but in the news it said also they witheld the regular dose 
> of electrolytes...Duh, it was a hot and humid day and you 
> with held electrolytes???
>
> Whats strange is those that do the training blame he 
> that rode and held up the horse when he knew things 
> "weren't right".  TB racing was just getting over the 
> tragedy of Eight Belles and now they blame the rider.  I 
> think TB Racing deserves to get all the scrutiny they 
> deserve from here on out. The jockey probably showed more 
> sense than anyone and he's now getting blamed.  Ain't that 
> life??? ts


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