A new thoroughbred hero is born
Bodexpress at birth |
Bodexpress, a substitute for Derby |
There was an official inquiry and after more than 20 minutes, the winner was disqualified. Because the finish is being contested in court, Maximum Security owners decided not to run in the Preakness, a grueling two weeks after the Derby. Then the eventual Derby winner was disqualified from the Preakness because of a cough. The top two Derby finishers were not even going to run in the Preakness.
In the Preakness, a new Thoroughbred Hero of the Twitter age suddenly emerged when the 13th place Derby horse, Bodexpress, tossed his rider out of the starting gate as the other horses broke out. Not considering losing a rider a big deal, the feisty Bodexpress took off anyway and before long was catching up with the main pack heading into the last turn.
The Bodexpress Preakness riderless ride
He might have even caught the leaders but a track rider tried to pull him from the pack and the Bod Master resumed his riderless race across the finish line. You really must watch the race video, hearing the stunned announcer trying to explain why a riderless horse was in the race. The photos i this story tell the rest.
With or without a rider that thoroughbred came to race and race he did, not only finishing in the middle of the pack, but went on to make another circle of the entire racetrack before finally being caught by the officials.
In the end, the very horse that was bumped and knocked out of contention in the Derby by Maximum Security, War of Will, would finally get a well deserved Triple Crown trophy.
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