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Originally posted by heathtx:
Compare how close Maximum Security is to the rail at 2:50 and 3:18. It is clear that MS moved out from the rail and the horses behind were impacted. Should the horses have check up sooner?

I'm not sure what you're seeing. Go to about the 5:20 mark of the video and you can see that MS is still in his lane until the 5th strike from War of Will (in MS's groin). You can see after that 5th strike MS's head starts to turn and he jumps out of his lane.

Worst derby ever. Look forward to the next one.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
... you can see that MS is still in his lane until the 5th strike from War of Will (in MS's groin)...

hmm maybe his stud fee isn't relevant anymore

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
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I'm not sure what you're seeing. Go to about the 5:20 mark of the video and you can see that MS is still in his lane until the 5th strike from War of Will (in MS's groin). You can see after that 5th strike MS's head starts to turn and he jumps out of his lane.

What I saw was:
at 2:18 and 2:24 MS is close to the rail, maybe there is a slight amount of room between he and the rail
At 2:40 MS is still close to the rail, just inside of the tire track closest to the rail and is in the lead by just over a length
at 3:11 the lead is reduced to less than a length, the other horses are clearly closing the gap to MS
at 3:12, MS is on or outside of the tire track ahead of hte other horses by less than a length
at 3:15, MS has moved outside and is on top of the second tire track
at 3:20, MS is well away from the rail, a little further back horses #13 and #5 are still close to the rail. MS crosses two tire tracks (from the machines) somewhere in this timeframe
at 6:04, MS moves left back to the rail

BamaJeepster...fascinating video. Thanks.