Archarcharch and the dreaded #1 Post Position?

The #1 post position is not as bad as some people think because 12 winners have launched from the #1 post position in the history of the Kentucky Derby, which is tied with the #5 post position for the most winners in the history of the race. On the other end of the statistics, gates 17 and 19 has never produced a winner in the history of the Kentucky Derby race. It was an injury which cost Archarcharch the race. It is reported that he has a lateral condylar fracture of the left front fetlock joint and replay reviews of the start show that he stumbled in the first couple strides coming out of the gate and they believe it was caused by stepping on a soft spot on the track surface which caused his fetlock joint to overbend. The trainer initially thought the injury may have happened when Archarcharch got bumped by Brilliant Speed shortly after they came out of the gates because it was then that Archarcharch dropped back but jockey Jon Court said he felt his saddle slip coming out of the gate and before the bump. So Archarcharch stumbled coming out of the gate and replay reviews of the start confirms that. I do have some criticism for jockey Jon Court though because the injury could have been disastrous. I think Archarcharch should have been pulled up long before he was and not pushed on because it was obvious in the backstretch that Archarcharch was in distress because he lost his action and would not stretch out. I think the race could have easily ended with a disastrous injury like Eight Belles, although Eight Belles ran as though she was impervious to the pain she must have been in before the crushing breakdown of her ankles at the end of the race.