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Originally Posted by Jeebs
If the stewards felt that a 4-day turnaround wasn't in the best interest of the horse/public, they have every right to scratch it.
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Thanks for the reply.
That's very interesting. I've seen many horses run back in 3, 4 or 5 days and never heard or seen a stewards scratch because the horse was running back in that short of time for the reason that it "wasn't in the best interest of the horse/public".
In fact, a quick check of my database shows that in two randomly selected and consecutive years there were roughly 40,000 horses that ran back in less than 5 days. That seems to imply that horses running back in that short period of time is fairly common. I can also report that from those 40,000 horses, roughly 3,400 of them won.
Having never heard or seen that before, I hope you'll excuse my skepticism. In the event you come across a horse being scratched by the stewards for the reason you mentioned, please let us know. I, for one, would have particular interest. It's never too late to learn.