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  • What would happen if a horse threw off its jockey and the riderless horse won the horse-race?

    05/21/2019 8:12:27 PM PDT · by SamAdams76 · 96 replies
    May 21, 2019 | Curious non-jockey
    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...