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Old 08-08-2012, 08:47 PM
MISTERGEE MISTERGEE is offline
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Originally Posted by skippy3481 View Post
"The bookmaker's favorite is On Appeal, a powerful animal that has won two races at Calder Casino & Race Course in the past month. His advantage is obvious: He's 100 pounds heavier and a hand taller than the smallest horse, a light-brown gelding called Sole Runner. The runt is a 16-1 underdog, for good reason. He has yet to win this year in six attempts."



Paragraphs like this make me question how much horse knowledge that writer has. The damn bookmaker....trying to put one over on us....and obviously if a horse is small he can't run well...
he probably has no knowledge at all
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