Angle - Blinkers Off

[phystech]

Let me throw a curve in here - cheaters. What if you see a horse that's been running full cup blinks but now shows up with cheaters? What's the angle there as it relates to blinks off?

I always looked at the use of cheaters as a tool used by a trainer that doesn't want to do the gate work to take the blinks off - and that's assuming horses still have to go to the gate in the morning with blinks off to be able to make the equipment change. By using cheaters, if the blinks off don't work, the trainer doesn't have to go back to the gate again to get the blinks back on.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by phystech

Let me throw a curve in here - cheaters. What if you see a horse that's been running full cup blinks but now shows up with cheaters? What's the angle there as it relates to blinks off?

I always looked at the use of cheaters as a tool used by a trainer that doesn't want to do the gate work to take the blinks off - and that's assuming horses still have to go to the gate in the morning with blinks off to be able to make the equipment change. By using cheaters, if the blinks off don't work, the trainer doesn't have to go back to the gate again to get the blinks back on.

Personally i've never gone to that level of detail, cheaters vs. full cup.