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What would happen if a horse threw off its jockey and the riderless horse won the horse-race?
May 21, 2019
| Curious non-jockey
Posted on 05/21/2019 8:12:27 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:13:57 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: SamAdams76
Why would a riderless horse want to keep competing?
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:14:55 PM PDT
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thecodont
To: mountn man
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:14:58 PM PDT
by
Kozy
(new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
To: SamAdams76
The jockey had his spleen removed from an accident about five years ago. A jockey, female, won at Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts this past weekend; she overcame brain damage and more suffered two years ago from an accident in West Virginia. Jockeys don’t have an easy task.
To: mountn man
Yep, that’s what I heard to.
There was one case where a rider was thrown off the saddle, but he literally held the horse by its’ neck when it crossed, but it was a valid win, because he stayed on the horse.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:16:07 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SamAdams76
The winner is the qualified horse and rider that finishes first. A horse is qualified if it has run the race without fouls, and it had a rider that has also had no fouls. A horse by itself is not qualified.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:18:45 PM PDT
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poinq
To: poinq
It’s a very dangerous situation because a lot of times a horse will panic if the jockey falls off, it was very fortunate that no other horses/jockeys were in peril.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:20:33 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
In the 1920s, a jockey died midrace in New York. He was credited with the victory when his horse finished first.
To: thecodont
Why would a riderless horse want to keep competing?
Bodexpress was so full of joy. It was clear he was having fun, doing what he does. Hes only 3. Hell, he ran around the track one more time before they caught him!
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: mountn man
OK, then what if the thrown jockey was to get on his or her feet and somehow manage to sprint past the horses on the track to finish the horse-race ahead of them?
That would be rather a spectacular sight to see if that happened. The horseless jockey might not officially win the race but I think he or she would be pretty famous. Beating the horses after being thrown off! Now that would be a sight to behold.
They would have to do something for that jockey. Maybe a trophy and a lifetime membership to a Spin Class club.
To: SamAdams76
That is why Davy Jones took up singing in a late 60’s boy band.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:27:39 PM PDT
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Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:28:11 PM PDT
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mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:29:51 PM PDT
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mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: thecodont
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:35:10 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: SamAdams76
"Hmmm, The "PREEKness", huh?
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:37:14 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: mountn man
Dairy Queen? You mean the hamburgers are horse meat? ;-)
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:38:49 PM PDT
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dangus
To: SamAdams76
I would still call it a win. It is a horse race, not a jokey race.
To: SamAdams76
Anyway, if the riderless horse went ahead and won the race, would it count as a victory? I'm thinking that without the additional weight of a jockey, the horse would have a bit of an advantage? Am I crazy for thinking that? No, not crazy. Something else...
:)
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:39:23 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: SamAdams76
This opens the possibility of radio-controlled horses.
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