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Originally Posted by dalakhani
I was in Ascot in 2006 and if im not mistaken, they ran Takeover Target on Tuesday and turned around and ran him again on saturday.
I think each horse is different. I dont see why it is such an outrage to have a horse run back if he comes out of a race fine and he is ready to go.
Obviously, Dutrow's wasnt...so im not trying to justify anything. My point is, that we cant blame what happened on the fact that it was two days. We should blame it on the fact that that particular horse wasnt ready.
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we're talking about a two day turnaround with cheap horses, and you give an example of a top horse that ran back in four days.
how do you know for sure when the horse is ready to go? what is the limit? can they come back the next day? later in the same card? I'm sure some horses could do it, the question is aren't you inviting trouble and exposing them to increased risk at some point?