Dedumbeaux's Ride

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Don't get me wrong, I think that Dutrow honestly believed that it wouldn't be a problem. I think that he thought that the horse was so much the best, that even if the quarter crack did bother the horse and he regressed by 5 lengths, that the horse would still win.

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This is a syndrome I call 'hopeful denial'. You see it all the time, not just in horseracing. You convince yourself that the problem isn't that bad because you NEED to not be that bad. Sometimes it even works out that it isn't that bad, which means the next time you do it, you are even more willing to believe.