05-04-2008, 12:29 AM
^^ You wouldn't have really seen it happen on TV. A replay showed part of the fall mostly out-of-frame. Happened during the warm-down soon after the race ended. Don't know what caused her to fall ... it happened close to Big Brown, and BB got spooked and actually tossed his rider.
Eight Belles was put down less than 5 mins after the fall; they ran equine ambulances onto the field, shielding her from NBC's cameras. She didn't suffer long.
Gute: doesn't appear to have been luck. BB was favored, and in the home stretch just fricken walked away with it.
Later, during the winner's ceremony they replayed the race in slo mo with the rider giving a play-by-play describing exactly what was happening to BB and why and where, describing what his movements were telling BB, how BB was reacting etc. --- you can't know any of that during the race watching it live but was interesting to watch/hear later.
Eight Belles was put down less than 5 mins after the fall; they ran equine ambulances onto the field, shielding her from NBC's cameras. She didn't suffer long.
Gute: doesn't appear to have been luck. BB was favored, and in the home stretch just fricken walked away with it.
Later, during the winner's ceremony they replayed the race in slo mo with the rider giving a play-by-play describing exactly what was happening to BB and why and where, describing what his movements were telling BB, how BB was reacting etc. --- you can't know any of that during the race watching it live but was interesting to watch/hear later.