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Originally Posted by Wickel
But you never see Tbreds stumbling before they reach the gate, or spotting the field a sixteenth of a mile (never have understood why some harness jocks do this).
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How about a t-bred, stumbling, acting up or thrashing about inside a loaded starting gate ?....Same thing, losing all chance before the race starts, wouldn't you say that is quite similar ?....Perhaps, with either breed the horse shouldn't have been racing on that day, to begin with....Harness horses with gait problems are usually unsound racehorses, and most likely should have been scratched before post time...The t-breds have a much looser set of rules when it comes to scratches.....Sometimes, too loose for me....Imagine, a race that starts out with 10 entrants, and they go with 4 or 5 at off time.....Harness horses have to show much more "just cause" in order for a track vet to scratch a horse...
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