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Old 03-30-2008, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CSC
To expand on the injury thoery, I have been watching Australian racing for the better part of 4-5 years now and I have rarely seen a horse break down during a race. Infact I can only think of one horse breaking down during the stretch unseating the jockey. Not sure why that is, perhaps turf is more forgiving I don't know? But it always struck me how safe racing was over there.
There was an horrific breakdown either on Melbourne Cup Day or the day before, as bad as you would see this side of Go For Wand.
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