1. THE WEIGHT WAS TOO MUCH.

2. HE HAD A BAD POST.

3. HE’LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME. HE NEEDED THE RACE.

4. THE EARLY PACE WAS TOO MUCH.

5. THE CROWD SCARED HIM.

6. HE JUMPED OVER A HOLE IN THE TRACK.

7. HE GOT PINCHED BACK AT THE TURN.

8. THE JOCKEY DID NOT RATE HIM.

9. HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE EARLY PACE.

10. HE LOST TOO MUCH GROUND ON THE OUTSIDE.

11. HE WAS KNOCKED OFF STRIDE COMING OUT OF THE GATE.

12. THE JOCKEY MOVED TOO SOON.

13. THE JOCKEY MOVED TOO LATE.

14. HE WAS NERVOUS.

15. HE DIDN’T LIKE THE TRACK.

16. HE WAS CLIMBING, NOT RUNNING.

17. IT WAS TOO DEEP ON THE RAIL.

18. HE WAS GIVING AWAY TOO MANY POUNDS.

19. IT WASN’T HIS DISTANCE.

20. HE WAS TRYING TO BEAR OUT ALL THE WAY.

21. HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN ALL THE WAY.

22. HE WAS BLOCKED IN THE STRETCH.

23. THE TRACK WAS TOO DEEP.

24. ANOTHER HORSE CLIPPED HIS HEELS.

25. HE AIN’T THE SAME HORSE HE WAS EARLIER.

26. HE WAS RUINED BY THE HARD TRACK HE CAME FROM.

27. HE JUST DIDN’T RUN HIS RACE.

28. THE TURNS ARE TOO SHARP.

29. HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE LEAD.

30. HE SPIT OUT THE BIT.

31. THE SADDLE SLIPPED.

32. HE LOST A SHOE.

33. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE’S BEEN AROUND TWO TURNS.

34. THE JOCKEY LOST HIS IRONS.

35. HE WASN’T WEARING HIS MUD CAULKS.

36. THE JOCKEY HIT HIM LEFT HANDED.

37. THE JOCKEY SHOULDN’T HAVE HIT HIM.

38. HE NEEDED A STRONGER HAND RIDE.

39. HIS SIRE WAS ONLY A SPRINTER.

40. HIS SIRE COULD ONLY WIN AT A MILE AND A HALF.

41. THE JOCKEY HAD TO TAKE HIM UP.

42. THE JOCKEY ALMOST FELL OFF.

43. THE JOCKEY DID NOT FIT HIM.

44. HE LEFT HIS RACE ON THE TRAINING TRACK.

45. HE NEEDS A REST.

46. HE WAS FRACTIOUS AT THE GATE.

47. HE NEEDS HIS RACES CLOSER TOGETHER.

48. THE ASSISTANT STARTER HELD HIS TAIL.

49. THE JOCKEY WAS ASLEEP WHEN THE GATE OPENED.

50. HE WALKED OUT OF THE GATE.

51. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.

52. HE NEEDS BLINKERS.

53. HE RUNS BETTER WITHOUT BLINKERS.