I was in Ascot in 2006 and if im not mistaken, they ran Takeover Target on Tuesday and turned around and ran him again on saturday.
I think each horse is different. I dont see why it is such an outrage to have a horse run back if he comes out of a race fine and he is ready to go.
Obviously, Dutrow's wasnt...so im not trying to justify anything. My point is, that we cant blame what happened on the fact that it was two days. We should blame it on the fact that that particular horse wasnt ready.
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