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Originally Posted by CSC
To expand on the injury thoery, I have been watching Australian racing for the better part of 4-5 years now and I have rarely seen a horse break down during a race. Infact I can only think of one horse breaking down during the stretch unseating the jockey. Not sure why that is, perhaps turf is more forgiving I don't know? But it always struck me how safe racing was over there.
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Well they don't allow drugs in Australia either. In fact (I think Brock or MyMissStormCat could verify this) I think they test the winning horses for drugs literally right after the race ends. That's why it takes awhile for the offical payouts to come in when you play Australia. Also, horses there seem to run a lot more frequently. They're a lot more fit it seems. If the powers-that-be here would ban drugs... sorry, pipe-dreams...