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Originally Posted by tector
Didn't the DRF go through this issue like a decade ago?
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Yes. Equibase used to note them in the charts as a "s"
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbP...ry=USA&race=10
A bunch of trainers started using them in 1999 and the craze probably peaked when Cat Thief won the classic wearing one for the 1st time. Of course he never won another race afterwards and the craze died off quickly as by the next BC Classic he was the only horse wearing one.
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbP...ry=USA&race=10
Brown's complaints are a little hollow considering that they were the rage then were so sparingly used that equibase dropped the notation all which has happened while Brown seemingly was paying attention.
I have used them quite a bit but mostly on horses that have previously bled or as a decoy. They have little to no move up value that I have seen.
They sure arent in the same league as milkshakes, one of his other crusades that was actually barking up the right tree