Stumbled across July 16, 1992 edition of NY Post

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Correct. For some reason over the last 20 years it has become taboo to run two year olds "early" and allowance runners arent supposed to run less than every 5 weeks.

exactly. It should be, IMO, every 14-21 days for horses that are healthy.

EVERYONE IS SCARED TO RACE THEIR HORSES INTO SHAPE! bunch of wimps. "oh no, I can't possibly loooooooose a race!"