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04 Apr 24
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...the length of war and Peace but, in essence , Tudor said he had told trainer that the horse would "benefit from a step up in trip". So instead of 2m1/2f on a galloping track like Donny he now goes in....err....a 2m race at Southwell. They are often farcical these "explanations".
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... on heavier ground.
But one of the first lessons in racing I got was that jockeys of beaten horses nearly always say it wants a longer trip, and they are almost always wrong.
But one of the first lessons in racing I got was that jockeys of beaten horses nearly always say it wants a longer trip, and they are almost always wrong.
you are spot on R. Mate of mine told me a story of a jockey saying the same thing about a an obviously dead-beat horse to connections post race. Mid-sentence the horse collapsed in the unsaddling enclosure! It was ok after a minute or so mind.
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