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Erm, how does that work?!

I have never, ever, in all my years in racing, come across a horse who performs at his best when carrying condition, being unfit or being overweight - with respect, that's patent nonsense!
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Here we go again... no one knows more than SL.

You're probably too young to remember, but a couple of decades ago, there was a top French horse (whose name escapes me but I should get it from a relative this evening) who tended to win when looking unfit and lose when looking trained to the minute. The trainer (Boutin?) remarked at the time that it took him a while to discover the horse needed to be trained differently because the fitter he got the horse the more it lost its form.

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[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2122497, member: 65242"] Erm, how does that work?! I have never, ever, in all my years in racing, come across a horse who performs at his best when carrying condition, being unfit or being overweight - with respect, that's patent nonsense! [/b][/quote] Here we go again... no one knows more than SL. You're probably too young to remember, but a couple of decades ago, there was a top French horse (whose name escapes me but I should get it from a relative this evening) who tended to win when looking unfit and lose when looking trained to the minute. The trainer (Boutin?) remarked at the time that it took him a while to discover the horse needed to be trained differently because the fitter he got the horse the more it lost its form. [/QUOTE]

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