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Old 01-25-2007, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by randallscott35
Tim,

Many of the trainers including Mott said they had run in heat like that many times before and they were lost as to the reason not to. They could've run that day. It was in the mid 90's. They run in similar heat in other parts of the country all the time.
Rand,

It must not occur to you that there was a possibility that patrons would have come to the track that day.. Some of them are 'older'.. Some of them would have DIED...

Cancelling was the responsible thing to do...

Ask Hooves and Joey about the day.. We had lunch by the BBQ with Shrek, Donkey, See-Ack-Ahh, Ken Cook and Sonny Taylor...

It was like HELL those few days..
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