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Old 06-20-2007, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
You do understand that horses are not peple and we cant train them forever without them getting hurt. It is just not practical to train horses for a year or 6 months and not run them. They dont have an off button that we can push when we want to shut them off. Plus racing experience helps horseslearn the game. Anyone who has trained horses knows that the older a horse gets the harder it is to get them out of bad habits.
I understand this. But has there ever been a thought of running two year olds in races that are not bet on? My problem is a good many two year olds are pushed in a race after their form has completely broken down because there is money on them and the finish line approaches. I have watched this.
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