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Originally Posted by CSC
True, many horses have run 1 week prior to the 2 mile Melbourne Cup prepping in 1 1/2 races stake races. If they did that here, the Trainer would be submitted to supply a specimen for possible drug use...It's amazing how sturdy their horses are over there. First time I noticed that I was blown away and then we have horses running 6 times over a yr and complaining of hard campaigns. Doesn't make sense does it?
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horses here are like starting pitchers in MLB these days... are people's physiology that much different that they can't throw on 3 days rest? Teams in the early-mid 90s were still usin 4-man rotations right? Instead of worrying about the strain, pitchers can't build up proper endurance and so they still get hurt all the time. Horses would build up stamina and endurance and better strength if they ran more too. But the common denominator between horses and starting pitchers, owners have too much $$$ at stake to "risk it" lol.
But, I'll pose this question. Darley and Godolphin have big operations in Australia too right? Do their horses run more frequently there than they do here?