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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
You say it is "nonsense". How So?
I agree with you that there are times when people think a horse was not all out simply because the jockey didn't whip them. I don't agree with that. If a horse is being fairly vigourously hand-ridden, they are probably all out. Whipping the horse is usally not going to make much of a difference. But when a horse is under a hold coming down the stretch and is geared down, how could you say that it doesn't make a difference? It makes a huge difference.
It makes a huge difference in the morning too. If you have a great horse, you could get them to work 5 furlongs in :58 or you could get them to work in 1:02. It depends whether the jock asks them or not. A horse will obviously run much faster if you ask them than if you don't ask them. That is true in the morning and it is true in the afternoon.
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Maybe she could've gone faster, but that doesn't mean she's not expending energy at the end of, say the Oaks or the Mother Goose. Holding a horse back can wear them out in ways that aren't immediately apparent. She doesn't want to slow down, that's not her thing, and the process of trying to go faster when Calvin won't let her is going to be tiring to an extent. The day Rachel likes slowing down is the day PG1985 becomes the Queen of England.
06-13-2010, 01:57 AM
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