20th June 2006, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
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Often it seems the 2yo and 3yo purple patches make a lot of horses look better than they are, yet they cannot rise to better class when they are older, or are simply burnt out speedsters who can't handle the middle to longer distances when better class is contesting.
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