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Old 12-23-2010, 09:06 AM
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Default Aidan O'Brien Fined

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/hor...co-affair.html

Is there more to this story? It sounds like he was acting in the best interest of a lame horse and wanted to get him home.
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:33 AM
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Old 12-23-2010, 12:03 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/hor...co-affair.html

Is there more to this story? It sounds like he was acting in the best interest of a lame horse and wanted to get him home.
The final is the Stewards tell the trainers what to do. Period. It's not like the US.
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