Wow, look at this pic:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_P2pL6U0AAQuPD.jpgIf saddle did slip that badly... accounts for a lot.
But I don't think so, as a rider, looking at the rest of the video. I think the jockey tipped over.
His history and pedigree is on Wikipedia.
"In the official European Classification of two-year-olds for 2016 Thunder Snow was given a rating of 118, making him the best two-year-old trained in Britain and the third-best juvenile in Europe"
He won the UAE Derby in a photo finish. Colt's got heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzA4kvciFscWOW, they have trackside cameras, on a track! Race film like I've never seen. US tracks need this.
But US has better announcers.
Track may have been wet, but is obviously constructed and filled differently than Churchill Downs!
I didn't realize the race in France was on turf. He won there also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2b87oSk65U