Re: Preakness Day Inside Turf Runners (559 Views)
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Molesap (IP Logged)
Date: August 20, 2016 03:31PM
I am embarrassed to admit that I do not know who said this earlier, but someone made the point about horses needing much more time after being on a dead turf rail to recover, so perhaps you need to stay with those horses for more than just their immediate return. Most from that list returned within five weeks and most did not run very well, but a couple did better in subsequent starts. I know Private Client flopped at odds on in his first race back, but then won at Saratoga I am pretty sure next out. I do not think our small sample from Preakness Day will tell us anything one way or another, but at least the results seem to be consistent with the idea that horses coming off dead turf rails need much more time than normal to recover.
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