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Originally Posted by mountainman
That, fellow posters, no doubt and somewhat understandably compelled a few (now maligned) jocks to keep right on peddling hard through the torrid interiors of an historically destructive pace. And I'm not talking about the speeds.
A rating hold I'm sure seemed a luxury few riders felt they could afford in that epic cavalry charge.
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Agreed.
That’s a point I’ve been bringing up about some of the horses that were both wide and trying to maintain position. You could be off the pace and still used pretty hard trying to keep up.
