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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
bad memory here, so this is an honest question - Do you remember any good Asmussen horses who wore blinkers?
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Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Asmussen 1st time blinkers on in stakes past 5 years - 28-2-3-1
(Private Creed, Powerful)
Wearing blinkers in graded stakes past 5 years - 82-6-7-10
(Gunite 2x, Max Player 2x, Jalen Journey, Tenfold)
And for what it's worth if you're thinking Kentucky Derby, not Arkansas as the ultimate target:
Blinkers off in graded stakes: 3-0-0-0
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the reason to do this is that you obv want the horse up closer. but the horse has been racing well without them. and it seems when trainers do this it backfires in a situation like this and compromises the horses chance more should they not have done it. i can site no examples other than the countless times you see a poor race and the subsequent the removal of them in the horses next race
