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Old 09-01-2006, 10:03 AM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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Originally Posted by paisjpq
the important issue is not how fast they are going--I know that TB's are faster.
It is that they are both operating at maximum performance levels and therefore the potential stress/rigors on the body are the same.
Trust me Standardbreds are working every bit as hard during a race as their TB counterparts.
It's irrelevant that they are both operating at maximum performance levels. A swimmer operates at maximum performance levels just like a runner, yet the wear and tear on a swimmer's body is far less than that of a runner. That's obviously an extreme example, but the analogy is correct.
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