This is great stuff!!

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I think this would have made the next season of Deadwood.

Cool story.

It was a lucky find. I was just doing a little research of bleeding and bleeders in the DRF Archive.

In those days before lasix and the advancement of medicines -- some of the sports major racetracks in America would bar the entry of bleeders. The thinking was along these lines ....




Rules for the opening of Pimlico 100 years ago to the day:




In Australia -- a horse who has bled twice is not even permitted to race anywhere in the country:




Example of how it gets reported: (also note that jockeys would be suspended left and right today)