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Old 08-09-2006, 03:36 PM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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Originally Posted by boldruler
Ask Giant's Causeway.
I'm sure he trained on the dirt all week before that race. I tend to agree with you though. Even though I think there is definitely some truth to building different muscles on different surfaces, I still think that if a horse likes a surface that he will run well on it even the first time. By the same token, if a horse doesn't like a surface, he probably won't run well on it even if he trains on it every day.
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