breakdowns

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Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

yea you have these obvious drops that even moderate handicappers suspect that the horse may die, and you also have stride abnormalities like Kong The King, Adriano, or Sun Boat.

Not to mention the horses that lug in or out severely.


these guys need to have nuclear scans or MRIs or whatever that PROVES they don't have problems before being cleared.

take it to the next level

Who exactly pays for MRI's or Nuclear scans? The tracks? Or the owners?

I agree that it looks really bad when a horse drops and breaks down. But you have to be realistic with these scans. First off they are very expensive and secondly very few tracks have a local facility to do them anyway. Do you ahve any idea how much time it would take to nuke scan or MRI an entire card of horses? Not to mention that you have to tq them.