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Originally Posted by txshorns02
I was looking at the results from Santa Anita race 5 and it said that Jump Rope Girl was bleeding from the mouth. She was on lasix for the race and i think maybe bute. Is this a bad sign for the future or is it something that happens often?
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Not necessarily 'bled' as in 'bled and needs lasix'... May have bit her tongue during the race.. That's why you see tongue ties on many horses.. There isn't a way for the chart caller to know she "bled" in terms of the way we automatically think..
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