Kentucky's ongoing attempt to end racing in state proceeds..

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Originally Posted by Bill K

Thanks for the link. I read and it certainly was very informative. My one question would be if a horse only breathes through the nose, why are tongue ties used?

To keep the horse from getting it's tongue up over the bit = out of control horse.

Some think a tongue tie helps prevent dorsal displacement of the soft palate while racing, but there's not alot of real evidence it works to do that.