I'm not much on horse racing (lost too much at Aqueduct in my youth ) but that was impressive. I hope that horse at least gets an extra portion of oats for all his hard work.
{rant} And what's with jockeys being made into heroes? All they do is plop their tiny little butts on the horse and hang on for the duration. It isn't as if THEY'RE the ones running - although THAT might be amusing. It would be a short race. {/rant}