Is anyone clever enough to graphicate (kewl word, eh?) an overhead pole position and various points along the way how this magnificent horse got through to win?
it was run yesterday after the race..the horse was in about 12th mid-way through the final turn and shot like a freakin bullet..I couldn’t believe it..I’ve been looking for that video..
The horse is a gelding...
Look at the following video and for a good bit of it Mine That Bird is in last place and out of the picture. However at about the the 1/4 pole watch the top picture and you’ll see a horse with the jockey in black/silver begin to move along the rail. That is the winner.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown09/news/story?id=4128767
Watch the ESPN video - (the top smaller panoramic-type view, not the bigger close-up shot)
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4128506&categoryid=2488837
He comes out of gate#8 and gets squeezed to the back and is running out of cameraview dead last until about 1/2 way down the backstretch when he starts to make a move. You’ll see him come out of nowhere flying close to the rail (it’s hard to distinguish, but it almost looks like the jockey is wearing a black hood) and then gets a bit lost in the pack coming around the final turn and then breaks to the rail again.
She got bumped coming out of the gate, putting her in last place for a few seconds. The move she made along the rail was identical to the move the jockey made the last time he won the Derby.
Thanks for posting the video. Amazing race.