Vino was done, in reverse at that point. Repole is such a tool, but he is a writers dream. Watching the replay it would seem to me Flo May be telling the truth about his horse getting rank and for sure the last thing they wanted was him going bonkers down inside and turning the Belmont into Talledega

Smarty was rank and wouldn’t rate and that did him in. It was brutal to watch that day. What an honest and game horse he was. Jerry Bailey was on one of the key offenders that day, the smug overated smart ass that he is. He had no chance of winning the way he rode the slug he was on, but no way the big boys in the…

Uh, your first horsey picture was of retired thoroughbred and 2016 Preakness champion Exaggerator, Kent Desormeaux up and yes that makes me a nudge who actually watches the Preakness for the race....