So much for horses needing 4 to 5 weeks rest

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Originally Posted by moodwalker

In Australia and England they run them every weekend or 14 days when they are on a campaign.But don't be talking about that in America, those foreign trainers are just wrong.....Makybe Diva won the Cox Plate at 1 1/4 miles and the Melbourne Cup at 2 miles 9 days apart when she was 7 years old.

True, but they also seem to get time off back at the farm. Here everyone wants to seem to race year-round.

How many US horses in training get to leave the track (if not injured) and get let down, then get brought back into training the next year?