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Old 05-03-2009, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by arizonadave
i heard another besides third race off a layoff. moving a horse from high altitude,Sunland, to much lower, Churchill.
Don't laugh at this one. I have a very old betting magazine that mentioned the horses coming down from Pikes Peak to run at Cahokia Downs would often run better than the bare form would have indicated. The effect had a limited lifetime but was, apparently, well known.
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