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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
What does the morning have to do with it? There is a reason that riders warm horses up before a race. The fact is that when you dont warm up your horse on a cold day then you shouldnt be surprised when she is slow to get into the race. This is consistent from claiming horses to mythical horses.
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I understand what warming horses up is . I am also a rider .
The morning comment had to do with your saying she had never been in 40 degree weather .
Feel free to disagee--and no one needs my permission here--but I believe the connections know the difference between hot and cold .
The mare was outside all day--she didn't come straight from a stall .
She was moving around all day and got to the post moving .
Perhaps you think the lack of a conventional gallop pre-race caused her to start slow, perhaps it did OR did not .
But you are not allowing the possibility that it didn't .
They know the horse and the temperature . They could have been wrong, as you or I could have ...
I live in New England . My riding horses get warmed up in ALL weather . If I ride in 12 degree weather extra precautions and a rug are used .
It was 40 .
I am not saying you don't have a point, but I am saying there are less conventional ways to warm up that may also work--everyone else stayed in their stalls before the walkover all day , and 40 degrees isn't arctic zone temp ..
Mythical horses don't need warmups--but you know that .
Nothing that went to the post yesterday was mythical, it was real flesh and blood thoroughbreds--at least to me .