Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (678 Views)
Posted by:
imallin (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 03:18PM
Some tracks like Bay Meadows actually have shoe info. Who knows if thats correct or not.
I remember seeing one time at santa anita on a sloppy track, they announced all runners are wearing 'stickers' except one. You guessed it, the 'plain shod' horse ran off.
I know this is off subject a bit, but at some point i'd love to see thoroughbreds weighed on their way to the paddock by a scale. Just a 2 second 'stop' on a freight scale thats located near the paddock, weigh the horse, announce the weights and eventually have the horseweight in the pgm.
They weigh dogs, why not horses?
Thats another piece of info that the public isn't privy to.