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Old 07-22-2008, 05:59 AM
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These horses in the old days galloped a lot every day, a couple of miles, so they were fit before they started working. And because they were fit, they COULD work and race more often. Modern race trainers have no idea of what horses are capable of doing if brought up to it correctly. They should all go to a 3-day event on Cross-country day, with roads and tracks, steeplechase, and cross-country to see what a fit horse can accomplish without falling apart.
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