| 1 | The horse broke away from the starting gate. | |
| 2 | When he unexpectedly false started, he had the stadium audibly chuckling. | |
| 3 | The runners called back because one of them beat the pistol. | |
| 4 | As the notoriously slow starter previously joked, "when have I ever made a false start?" | |
| 5 | There had already been one so I didn't want to be disqualified for doing the second one. |