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Old 03-26-2011, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS View Post
Pants on Fire is a good illustration of what horses can do when they're allowed to use the natural speed they posses.

Breen said he was entering him "as a rabbit" according to Steve Haskin... his role to make sure entrymate Nacho Business gets enough pace.
Yeah, of course there was a lightly regarded horse entered in the Derby once as a rabbit for his higher regarded stablemate, he too forgot to stop and went on to become the first of 11 horses to accomplish one of the most difficult feats in racing...his name was Sir Barton.
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