No hind shoes?

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Anybody see this?

The other day at Keeneland for that $250k+ pick 6, in the 7th, the race without any past performance info, #6 La Gran Bailadora was noted to not be racing with rear shoes on. I've never seen that before, I threw the 6 out because of it but I don't want to make blanket assumptions about equipment changes like that, so I'm asking -- under what circumstances is this done and is it always worth throwing out the horse?

I assumed the horse had an injury that prevented shoeing the rear, and on that basis thought we were in for a sub par performance.

By the way, I only saw this on Keeneland's website, as they had the earliest notes on scratches, conditions and equipment changes. I bet through Philly Phonebet and they didn't post anything till later...not sure if they noted it or not.

Steve, this might make a good bullet to cover next time we talk about equipment changes on ATR. This is different than "one lb. over" or "blinkers on" in that it seems like a more rare change.