Backstretch people and exp horseplayers - "VET SCRATCH"

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

yes, IWR and Pamplemousse.


one difference is with 3yo "stars", the connections wish for the paper trail to signal that all is well and healthy with the horses

with the drop-in-claimer game, the connections might actually prefer a "Vet" scratch over trainer scratch as the listed reason to ward off would be claimers...



I hadn't noticed that before. That seems like a confusing way of representing the information...

I would say that it would be highly unlikely that a trainer or owner would somehow get the vet to scratch their horse. The only time I have ever heard of something like this happening was many years ago. When you run a horse in a claiming race, if there are any trainers that are planning on claiming your horse, you will usually see them looking at your horse closely when the horse enters the paddock and/or receiving barn. I have heard stories of cases where a trainer that did not want his horse to get claimed, asked the jockey to try to get the horse scratched by the vet in the post parade so that the horse would not get claimed. But I have never heard of a case of someone somehow getting their horse scratched by the vet to avoid getting claimed on some future date.

[chucklestheclown]

And the plot thickens...This is great!