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Originally Posted by Bystander
I don't know, the mistake cost $25,000, didn't it? And isn't Contessa accountable to Darlene Bilinski and Harry Patten, having to explain why their horse missed a $30,000 check?
I bet there's a bit more said than "don't let it happen again."
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It may be much worse than just losing the money. When a horse is forced to check like that, they often times come out of the race with injuries. I owned a filly once that was bottled up on the rail turning for home. The jock checked pretty good off heels but the rail did open up and he got through and won. That was the good news. The bad news was that she wrenched her ankle pretty bad and we had to put a blister on her and turn her out for a couple of months. Two months at the farm means no racing for 6 months. Luckily the horse came back off the 6 month layoff as good as ever, but a 6 month layoff costs a lot of money in terms of expenses.