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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
running back two days later does not happen all the time. in my database of 65,000 starters, it happened 5 times.
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What I meant is that horses who have known injuries or are "ticking time bombs" are run all the time, when rest is warranted. I don't know anything about the horse in question but he looked like one that they knew had a serious issue and they ran this risk of several quick works and a couple of closely spaced races to give the claiming trainers the idea that he was a sound/fit horse, one ripe for claiming.
The other points were that this is not something that only done by "claiming trainers" and that even if this Dutrow horse had been give (say) 2 weeks rest he probably still would have broken down. It's pretty likely that he had something about to blow.