Paula McLain Quotes

Bit Burrs. Tongue-tying. Saddling For Exercise And Saddling For Races. There Was Shoeing And Bandaging, Conditioning And Equipment. I Had To Learn To Read Track Surfaces And Stakes Sheets, And Calculate Weight Allowances. I Had To Know The Diseases And Ailments Forward And Back - Bowed Tendons And Splints, Foundering, Bucked Shins, Bone Chips, Slab Fractures, And Quarter Cracks. Thoroughbreds Were Glorious And Also Fragile In Very Specific Ways. They Often Had Small Hearts, And The Exertion Of Racing Also Made Them Susceptible To Haemorrhaging In The Lungs. Undetected Colic Could Kill Them - And

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