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What would happen if a horse threw off its jockey and the riderless horse won the horse-race?
May 21, 2019 | Curious non-jockey

Posted on 05/21/2019 8:12:27 PM PDT by SamAdams76

There was a horse-race the other day where one of the horses threw off its jockey at the beginning of the horse race called the Preekness and the riderless horse finished the race nevertheless.

The jockey was a short little guy and that might have had something to do with him being thrown off. Maybe if the jockey was strong, tall and heavy, he or she would have held on?

Anyway, if the riderless horse went ahead and won the race, would it count as a victory? I'm thinking that without the additional weight of a jockey, the horse would have a bit of an advantage?

Am I crazy for thinking that?

In honor of that horse-race, I link to a song that is about horses


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KEYWORDS: anotherstupidvanity; drunkpost; preekness
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To: SamAdams76

"I lost two damn bucks on that friggin Preekness!"


21 posted on 05/21/2019 8:43:41 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine ! Click ETL)
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To: Yaelle

Horses do like to run. I use to ride a retired steeplechaser. When we rode the trails from Williamson County north toward Nashville and approached the Iroquois Steeplechase grounds, the old 19 year-old grew hyper. He would get wild and excited just to be on the steeplechase track again. But on any ground Colonel Dee liked to stretch out and gain speed.


22 posted on 05/21/2019 8:46:16 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
If we are going to have driverless cars 🚗, then why not riderless horses 🐎?
23 posted on 05/21/2019 8:48:39 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Life is tough enough when you’re short. It’s even tougher if you’re a jockey.


24 posted on 05/21/2019 8:49:02 PM PDT by AlaskaErik
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To: SamAdams76
[...] at the beginning of the horse race called the Preekness and [...]

...mounted atop ungulates called "horses," during a sporting competition called a "race."

Regards,

25 posted on 05/21/2019 8:53:29 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: SamAdams76

Each horse is assigned a weight to carry in a race, depending on the conditions of the race; that weight is made up of a jockey and his tack, and sometimes added weights if needed. The average assigned weight is 113–118 pounds but can be anywhere from 101 to 129 pounds. ... Most jockeys weigh between 106 and 110 pounds.


26 posted on 05/21/2019 8:54:00 PM PDT by BansheeBill
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To: Yaelle

Horses are fundamentally herd animals, Bodexpress just kept running with the herd even without his jockey. And of course, thoroughbred race horses are bred to run, and they love to run.


27 posted on 05/21/2019 8:58:22 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ( "Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Now wait a minute!
If the jockey was missing his spleen, then the entire jockey never crossed the finish line!
FOUL!
DQ!


28 posted on 05/21/2019 8:59:07 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: thecodont

Some horses love racing and like to win.


29 posted on 05/21/2019 8:59:11 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: SamAdams76

What are you smoking?


30 posted on 05/21/2019 9:06:21 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: SamAdams76

I like the idea of driverless cars, because my car could just drive itself to work every day while I stay in bed or watch TV.


31 posted on 05/21/2019 9:07:28 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Yaelle

I heard he did two full loops. And would have taken 3 if they hadn’t finally corralled him. Frisky little critter. Feelin’ his oats!


32 posted on 05/21/2019 9:27:58 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: thecodont
He/she was running with the herd. He/she wanted to a part of the team.

It's just instinctual behavior for any herd animal to run with the pack.

I thought the horse was a champ. No one whipping him to run but he ran and kept up with the best.

33 posted on 05/21/2019 9:29:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: SamAdams76
Happens all the time in steeple chasing.

Riderless horse does not count.

34 posted on 05/21/2019 9:29:49 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Churchillspirit

What would happen if a jockey threw his horse and the horseless jockey won the race?


35 posted on 05/21/2019 9:37:20 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine ! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Ha Ha....funny!


36 posted on 05/21/2019 9:46:30 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: SamAdams76
You failed to mention whether the officials were ignorant
know-nothings, or studied professionals.

The former would
have fined the horse for using his horse power with
no additional passengers to share the ride in that lane.

The latter would have immediately cracked open
the champagne and poured it over the crowd standing in the winner's circle.

37 posted on 05/21/2019 9:47:42 PM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: SamAdams76

Surely you jest re: a big, tall and heavy jockey holding on...


38 posted on 05/21/2019 9:54:32 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SamAdams76

They are disqualified once their rider is lost.


39 posted on 05/21/2019 10:05:01 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: SamAdams76

Same thing, a jockey without a horse or a horse without a jockey would be disqualified. But if a jockey did do that, all horses would become dog food and the jockey would become an Olympic star.


40 posted on 05/21/2019 10:09:15 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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