23rd August 2006, 01:52 PM
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Which was the Group 1 horse that ran and won with a tongue tie on but then never lived up to it.
I remember it was the clash of Helenus and one other, and I'm not sure if it was Helenus or the other one which ran with a tongue tie.
I seem to recall it running down the straight at Flemington with most of it's tongue hanging out the side of it's mouth.
What worries me about tongue ties is that the horse wears it to prevent it from half swallowing or choking down on it's tongue or getting it's tongue over the bit, but the horse cannot swallow properly, so surely there is a risk of choking down on it's own spit???
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