For some reason I'll never know, when I saw Rock Hard 10 having that awful fit getting into the gate at the Preakness, the first thing that flashed into my mind was War Admiral (another big beautiful horse that
looked like a winner) and his fractiousness at the start of his race with Seabiscuit.
Imagine how RHT's jock felt, after that bad start and then very nicely working his way up to get into a great position at the final turn, to watch Smarty just switch into warp drive and disappear....
when I saw Rock Hard 10 having that awful fit getting into the gate at the Preakness, the first thing that flashed into my mind was War Admiral (another big beautiful horse that looked like a winner) and his fractiousness at the start of his race with Seabiscuit. BINGO.. I thought the very same thing.. I had an outstanding filly (Fan The Fire, a beautiful granddaughter of Secretariat) that was so unruly in the starting, she would leave her race at the post.. That big red witch, won a few, but finished 3rd.. 6 times! GRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!