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Robert Goren
08-26-2010, 01:43 PM
On aug 18 ran 2 nd by nk
on aug 23 won by 8
today won again
so much for needing time off
lamboguy
08-26-2010, 01:48 PM
that is my idea of a very good trainer. i am shocked that that horse actually has lassix in him. if he didn't he would probably get him back in for monday. that is what horseracing used to be like before the drugs took hold of the game. congradulations to dick durtrow
Zippy Chippy
08-26-2010, 01:51 PM
Race 2 at Saratoga. Crazy

I dont know if ive ever heard of a horse run 3 times in 8 days.
Onion Monster
08-26-2010, 01:56 PM
The only time I bet him was in that damn turf race. :bang:
nearco
08-26-2010, 02:02 PM
Back in april of '05, this horse ran five times in an eleven day period, including three days in a row. He won four of those five races.
http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_home.sd?horse_id=588483
Charlie D
08-26-2010, 02:23 PM
Happens a lot in UK as trainers try to beat the rise in the handicap. Look up trainers like Sir Mark Prescott and his horses, he has it fine tuned.
Ian Meyers
08-26-2010, 02:49 PM
Race 2 at Saratoga. Crazy

I dont know if ive ever heard of a horse run 3 times in 8 days.

Dutrow has been known to do that with horses in good form. I believe a few years back he ran a horse on back-to-back days at BEL and then MTH.

In Australia I have seen Group 1 SW run twice in a week. It just doesn't happen much in the U.S. any more.
Figman
08-26-2010, 03:08 PM
In 1963, trainer Carlos "King of the Fairs" Figueroa ran a horse named Shannon's Hope five time in eight days and won all five of his starts.
Carlos still trains today at Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts.
HuggingTheRail
08-26-2010, 03:48 PM
Lock and delete this thread....PETA will be all over it....
wisconsin
08-26-2010, 04:18 PM
Yeah, nothing beats running often, like the old days. Harness horses running 3 heats in one day, now that's pretty cool to watch.

In the old days, a horse would arrive by train for a stakes race the morning of, run a published work, and then run in the race later in the afternoon, and repeat the feat again the next week.

It was something when Conquistador Cielo won the Belmont on just 4 days rest from the grueling Met Mile.