re: Looking like Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan won't run in the Preakness

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Barbaro doesn't break down, there was no doubt in my mind he would've won the TC. He was an absolute monster, that was trained by a legit horseman. I still believe to this day the vet should've scratched him after breaking loose from the gate in the Preakness. Many rumors swirled that he injured himself

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Smarty Jones was the sad one to me. He had the TC won but the jockey stopped whipping him/started to coast. The jockey even said afterwards that he thought he had the race won so he didn't push him as hard on the final stretch. Once he realized he was being caught up to it was too late to get Smarty back up to speed. Heartbreaking because he would have been the first to break the no winner streak. That was a special horse that gets forgotten about because of the jockey.

Imagine being on the final home stretch of the triple crown and you don't push the horse all the way