Dark Day | Horse Racing Free Tips https://horseracingfreetips.com Horse Race Ratings and Tips - Sports News Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://horseracingfreetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-horse-racing-free-tips-1-32x32.jpg Dark Day | Horse Racing Free Tips https://horseracingfreetips.com 32 32 Asmussen: Mandatory Training Dark Days ‘Not In Racehorses’ Best Interest’ https://horseracingfreetips.com/asmussen-mandatory-training-dark-days-not-in-racehorses-best-interest/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:17:48 +0000 https://www.paulickreport.com/?p=288088 Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen penned an op/ed for the Thoroughbred Daily News this week discussing some tracks' practice of closing for training one day per week. In a time of increased accountability for all racing participants, Asmussen argues that the mandatory dark days are a “short-sighted cost-cutting move” which is “not in racehorses' best […]

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“Denying an opportunity to train on a schedule tailored to the individual horse, rather than for someone sitting in an office, hurts the health of our racehorses,” Asmussen wrote.

Asmussen goes on to share an opinion from his veterinarian, Dr. William C. Hawk: “Most horses can benefit from a day off. It just needs to be by the trainers' discretion… No athlete is scheduled to take a set day off every week because schedules change, weather changes and games are played on different days of the week. We find the same in horse racing.”

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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