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Originally Posted by Buffymommy
AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG:
But isn't the groom the one who really gets the horse and brings it out to the paddock area to be saddled? I swear most of the trainers don't see the horse until it gets to the paddock to be saddled. Now I know in the big races the trainer walks with the horse over to the paddock, but this was a $23,000 claimer and not a million dollar stakes race.
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Yes. For the most part it's the groom. Sometimes I've seen an assistant walk over as well, but I would say most often the groom.
Eric