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To: gate2wire

Wow...you really think he won’t triple? Maybe it will make the odds 2-5 rather than 1-5, but on the hoof, how much can it matter?


19 posted on 05/25/2008 12:45:00 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

Don’t know exactly what it is, but these horses get quarter cracks, they don’t win.
Trainers say it’s OK, vets say it’s OK, owners say it’s OK...horses don’t win with quarter cracks.
Maybe this horse is good enough against a weak field, could happen...I’m not going to take 2/5 to see it. I’ll go two-fisted against him.
Shame, because I think the horse is special.


26 posted on 05/25/2008 5:01:44 PM PDT by gate2wire
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To: Pharmboy
but on the hoof, how much can it matter?

It can matter a lot. The process of repair (nails, sowing it up, etc.) has to be carefully done, or it causes problems of its own, especially on thoroughbreds. It will for sure increase the odds against him from 1-5 to 4-3 or something like that.

29 posted on 05/25/2008 6:25:45 PM PDT by nwrep
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