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Originally Posted by Gerard02
I watched the race and the one thing I was wondering was why the jockey was pushing Mendelssohn down the stretch so hard. He even gave him a slap with the stick. The horse was so far down the stretch, he could have jogged home. The jockey should not have been all out on this horse. I've seen jocks just sitting up in the stirrups while horses cruise home. Just something I noticed.
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I think that came from the trainer, keep him going the whole race. He thinks if you let up on the horse, the horse will learn to quit in the stretch.
