Not according to the other jockey, he said his own horse flipped his ass end into Afleet Alex causing the bump.
It sounded to me like both horses were criss crossing at the wrong time. But it seems to me, without knowing much about horses, that the inside horse with the lead should have the the right of way. If he wanted to go outside then Alexi should have gone with him or fallen back. Especially since he can see what is going to happen. I don't think the leading ohrse should have drifted outside strategically, but it seems to me, if he wanted the outside, he should be allowed to take it given that he was on the inside and had almost a whole horse lead.
It was Scrappy T's fault. Dominguez, riding Scrappy T for the first time, apologized. "I'm sorry for the incident," he said. "The horse completely caught me off-guard. I decided to hit him left-handed and it caught him completely off-guard, because he just made a right-hand turn. I had no control over the situation." http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2065625
i should have bet thet exacta...i called it all week...and didn't bet it!! happy for Alex and his gang, though!
