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Originally Posted by chucklestheclown

It amazes me that owners would not want to spend $1000 on testing a million dollar horse, especially in the midst of the Triple Crown. More importantly, were those Desert Party's wraps in his shoe?

Well, at Churchill they have to work in the morning, transport a good hour or more, get sedated (those last two risk picking up a little respiratory thing, accidents, bumps/bruises, etc), transport back, get the travel/health certs from the vet to be ready to go, and now the horse is tired as he didn't get to rest or nap or lay down all day, he was shuttling in the hot van all day, not eating, not drinking water, etc.

It's much easier - and such a thing is used much more - when such a facility is literally right next door to the track. You still have the $$$ cost.