A case for why horses should be coupled?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Riot

I saw the obvious bump, but I didn't see any interference or preventing the second place horse from running as best he could have.

I don't know why these horses were not running coupled - same trainer and owner? Something peculiar about Illinois rules?

Interesting. [EDIT: I AM STUPID AND CANNOT READ]

Odd quirk. Can look into why some races require it and others don't here.

Either way, not really concerned with the incident in this race, obvious winner making contact with obvious runner up.