“Triple Crown” thrown in disarray? Does TC own the horse, or have bills to pay?
A horse needs to be in top condition for a race, and thoroughbred racehorses are always just one hangnail away from losing their entire short stellar career, never mind one race. They’re really delicate creatures, far more vulnerable than human Olympians.
If Golden’s owners think he’s not ready, count on it, he’s not ready. They can either give him time to rest up, or they can take the insane risk to run him and have to put him down because he had some mishap. And on the track, “some mishap” can take out other horses and their riders too.
No horse can tell you, “I’ve got a shooting pain up to here every couple of minutes. Let’s not run this hoof, ok?” No brilliant humans tenderly managing every square inch of him can be sure a simple infection won’t get someone killed next week.
There’s more at stake than Triple Crown glory.
Ping to everyone to read your post again, as every word of it bears repeating!
Thanks.
“ No horse can tell you, “I’ve got a shooting pain up to here every couple of minutes. Let’s not run this hoof, ok?”
Mr Ed could tell you. And he would. He was a bit of a hypochondriac.
READING THE FITNESS OF AN ANIMAL THAT NAN NEVER SPEAK TO YOU IS AN ART.
ANY TRAINER IS SMART TO KNOW “WHEN” OR TO SAY “”NO”.