Super Interesting article on Blinkers, on or off
Apr 11, 2023 23:16:36 GMT -5
Post by mysaladdays on Apr 11, 2023 23:16:36 GMT -5
I have never liked blinkers on horses as I don't like to remove sensory faculties, but I can see where they would be necessary.
Had to laugh at Pletcher's comment, so true: "You look at a bush by the eighth pole, and to you it’s a bush by the eighth pole. To a horse, it’s a panther.”
Anyway, I was right when I may or may not have related here a post where I said I can't remember seeing a lot of Asmussen's horses wearing blinks, even watching them in the saddling paddocks at OP.........and it seems his history wasn't putting blinks on his best horses, which is why I knew when he put them on RRO that wasn't "a good sign" and my heart sunk a little.
Of course I can also see where they are necessary. Kerry Thomas taught me a little about blinks, too. He generally does not love them though.
www.drf.com/news/blinkers-closer-look-their-impact-racehorses
Had to laugh at Pletcher's comment, so true: "You look at a bush by the eighth pole, and to you it’s a bush by the eighth pole. To a horse, it’s a panther.”
Anyway, I was right when I may or may not have related here a post where I said I can't remember seeing a lot of Asmussen's horses wearing blinks, even watching them in the saddling paddocks at OP.........and it seems his history wasn't putting blinks on his best horses, which is why I knew when he put them on RRO that wasn't "a good sign" and my heart sunk a little.
Of course I can also see where they are necessary. Kerry Thomas taught me a little about blinks, too. He generally does not love them though.
www.drf.com/news/blinkers-closer-look-their-impact-racehorses