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Old 05-04-2010, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by philcski View Post
I hate to resurrect this thread, but I just watched the replay again and Rachel is racing in a figure-8 noseband (they're used, among other things, to reduce pulling by a horse) and was in the New Orleans as well. Not sure why Asmussen would make this significant of a change, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I've been wondering about the possible effects of the figure-eight myself. Could it be backing her off too much?
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