--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, kelso 1600 <kelso1600@...> wrote:
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> "Successful horse players that I know would not even think about wagering
> without a thorough inspection in the paddock, the walking ring, and the
> pre-race warmup."
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> A "thorough" inspection? I disagree. Many times a horse will come over to the paddock and move little and sometimes a jock will not warm a horse up or warm the horse up just a little. Horse racing is a not a "beauty contest". The three items you mention are secondary considerations.
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Horses win every day with poor physicality and poor warmups. But as a whole, good looking horses with good warmups do better than poor looking horses with poor warmups. And why not not give a horse a good warmup anyway? If he's ready and in sound shape, it's risking injury to send him out without a good warmup. Human track runners don't run a race without stretching and warming up.
