This, according to the chartwriter, befell Main Thing in the 5th at Belmont yesterday:
“Main Thing showed speed from the outside and set the pace on the outside of Story of Rory, moved to a solo lead coming to the half-mile pole, dropped from the two path to the inside while controlling the action on the turn, was asked outside the quarter-pole then came under a drive, lost the lead to the winner outside the furlong marker, dropped back into the final 16th then swapped back to her inside lead and weakened then suffered an injury to his right hind leg after the finish and was euthanized on the course.”
All that just to report that he died in the end. Gotta get all that betting info in first. The deceased was three. The responsible: Dr. John Martin McDermott, Laura Griffen McDermott, Three Diamonds Farm, Mike Maker, Jose Ortiz, and all who support this evil industry. (Ortiz, as most of you know, has been credibly linked to cockfighting.)
For Belmont, based on recent history the deadliest track in America, this makes four kills in September and five within the past month.
