Ruffian: You can fly now
Keywords: Belmont Pleasure
Which means she had already broken down before the bird could have spooked her. Watch the real footage really close. I think you are thinking that when her head comes up she is spooking at the bird. She is not, she is trying to compensate for her crushed sesamoid, and trying to bring the weight off of her right foreleg, thus bringing her head up. When you watch her right before the bird comes in front of her, she has no hesitation-absolutely no sign that the bird disrupted her. planes trains and automobiles
Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown wins the Preakness Stakes to keep alive his chances of becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.