KHRC: Stop saying 'whip'.. It's 'riding crop' now.

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KHRC: Stop saying 'whip'.. It's 'riding crop' now.

09-17-2008, 08:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Why exactly do they need the names of the horses?

Because you need some way to track what injuries go to what animal on what track (horses change tracks), and repeated injuries to same horse.

Can't use lip tattoo, can't assign accession numbers to each horse, hence names. The point was to make it very easy for people to submit data.

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