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Originally Posted by Danzig
i wonder if anyone has stats out there to show if there's a different percentage of injuries when fillies race colts vs racing other fillies. it would be nice to have proof that it's not any riskier to race vs the opposite sex than vs females.
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May not be any super colts (or 'roid-fueled freaks like Curlin or Big Brownroid) in this year's Preakness field ... but it's still gunna be a big class jump for the filly.
BIG difference going from smallish fields of overmatched fillies to a full field of males ... and in a longer contest, no less.
Not sayin she doesn't have a shot to win the race ... just that there could be a big jump in injury risk too.
By the way, the last filly to run in the Preakness, Baffy's Excellent Meeting in '99, pulled up and didn't finish the contest...
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