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Old 05-30-2008, 10:38 AM
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I wish someone could explain this logic to me. If he was running a race an hour after the Preakness, I can see how this may be bad. But is it really meaningful in a race THREE weeks later that running .20 slower will make you win the race in THREE weeks? I mean running 9.5f fast is tough on a horse regardless. Is a tenth of a second slower really gonna mean the difference between winning and losing three weeks later?? It must be true because all the experts agree...but how is it true??

Personally if I run 2 miles today 2 seconds faster than normal...in 24 hours I will feel exactly the same regardless. How is it so much different than a horse that 3 weeks later, running 9.5 furlongs 0.2 seconds slower makes so much physiological difference??

Uh....how many legs do you have?
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Uh....how many legs do you have?
Depends on my emotional state.
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:41 AM
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Depends on my emotional state.



Same thing with horses.


Sometimes they run like they have 4 ...and sometimes like they have 2.


I wonder if CM Oreo is hacking up gate 7?
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