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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I disagree 100%
First off, rabbits win about as often as Zippy Chippy did. 99.9999% of the time, the rabbit is entered with NO intention of winning. They are there to do a job for another horse in the race. That's why they're called rabbits.
The rabbit is there to get another horse in the race to run faster than they want, OR to set a suicidal pace to set it up for a stone closer, or both.
Whoever is riding the rabbit is NOT using tactics that could benefit their own mount.
Sounds kind of like your description of RH now, doesn't it?
Did anyone claim foul on RH? Did the stewards call for an inquiry? Did the horse actually commit a foul? Pretty sure the answer to all those questions is a big fat no.
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Your last point is spurious. There are lots of things that are legal but unethical, and one reason for this discussion is to think about whether there should be rule changes to discourage what we think happened.
