There's a zillion and one tricks to "handicap" a horse .They play with the shoes to slow them down etc .When they get the odds high enough they speed them up .Playing the ponys is about like playing the house in Vegas .Eventually the house wins and like wise so do the bookies .
In a way it's kind of neat to watch .
My uncle John was trainer then an owner .He lived in Deleon Springs Florida but had a string of harness horses that raced in Liberty Bell in I think Philidelphia Pa and other places .Horse people are a breed all their own .
Uncle John was a BS artist .My...
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