text: why don't horses run in a straight line? melbourne cup, i had a bet on 2nd placed pop rock to win, but i feel that horse should have won but in the last 100meters it ranacross and bumped into delta blues, which won. who agrees it should have won and who knows why it didnt run straight? because his jockey, d. olivier, possibly hit pop rock on his right back side with his whip and that made him shift to the left hence bumping into delta blues. what a great 2 mi. race!!!