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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
Are you saying that because he took him to the lead? I certainly don't know if that was discussed before the race but there was no speed and Rosario might have just been taking a shot with what he thought would be a way to get the win.
In all actuality, Violon Sacre was just a listed/G3 type horse who has gone out west and been beaten by stronger fields.
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There was some speed on paper. Proudinsky was going to lead. Cassidy said on tv earlier that he had no idea how The Usual QT would handle the soft going , and that they would be pressing on the lead. So there was some speed to run at. I highly doubt that Biancone said "let's take this horse off his normal game (stalking), the way he has run his best in the past, and gun to the lead".
If Rosario was "taking a shot", which was most likely, it was a horrendous decision given the horse's past. Take the horse back and make a late run (like Bejarano did on the winner). If you get beat riding your horse like he should be ridden , so be it. But to do what he did was braindead.
Basically Rosario got outridden by Bejarano...PVal....Espinoza...and every other jock in the race.