What was up with Quality Road's braid beed?

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Why does a horse need its hair braided - to look pretty or something?

Who knows if it distracted him at all - but a big plastic bead from his braid was slapping him in the right eye the entire stretch run.

Watch the stretch head on. He's twirling his left front. That's what he starts doing when he 2 turns away from the Gulf Street. He needs pavement.