As I reflected on races that I thought had suspicious outcomes, it occurred to me that most of the instances happened on closing days at meets. One example that sticks out occurred at FG over 10 years ago. It was a turf race and as the field ran the final quarter, you would have thought the race had just began and nobody wanted the lead. There was zero urging and outright restraint by several jockeys as their mounts tugged them to the lead in the final furling. Lo and behold they were all caught at the wire. Even though I cashed on the race, I still recognized the race was a farce.
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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