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Old 06-10-2008, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
If you have a horse that you think is one of the greatest horses ever, you think he's doing great, and you think he can win by 10 lengths, are you going to instruct the jockey, "If he can't win, take it easy on him."?

If you had no concern about the horse's condition, then those instructions make no sense.
Sure, I can see that. But again, I think there is more to it than that. The content doesn't make sense, but the context is a much broader conversation.

I don't blame Dutrow here and I don't blame Desormeaux. That certainly doesn't make it right and it certainly doesn't preclude one from laying blame on the other. This is a situation where it's very easy to blame the jock. If the jock made a judgement call and it turned out to be wrong, then you are never going to be satisfied with the outcome that got played out.

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