Now Quality Road refuses to board plane

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Originally Posted by PatCummings

I don't understand the need to lead horses into the gates in numerical, double-file order. If getting them in is more an issue than keeping them in, shouldn't you load the troublesome horses first instead of keeping the rest of the horses loaded? On the other hand, if you have a horse who freaks if he is in for too long...then load he/she last.

Am I missing something?

I would think it becomes a fairness issue- horses can load great, but if they stand too long they can start to relax and get caught flat-footed at the break. So I imagine trainers would start claiming their horse has to be loaded near the end, in order to take advantage of a short wait before the gates open. But that's just a guess.