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Old 09-06-2006, 02:30 PM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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Originally Posted by Dixie Porter
98% of the time any horse wins a race by 18 1/2 lengths it qualifies as one of the WORST rides of the year.

I doubt anyone on here understands that, but it is a fact carved in stone.

In races of 3- 6 F. it is more difficult to prevent this travesty. At 9 F it is simply unexcuseable.
I agree with you there. There is no reason for a jock to ask a horse if he doesn't have to. Most jocks don't understand this. These horses ae very fragile. If they can win under a strangle-hold without being asked, the race won't take much out of the horse and it is much more likely that the horse will come out of the race in one piece.
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