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To: Binder who wrote (1204)	5/10/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Charger	Respond to of 1757

That (JATO) was one incredible story!! ...and your conclusion, ROFLMAO.

To: Binder who wrote (1204)	5/10/1998 3:00:00 PM
From: Charger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1757

off topic Here's another, less incredible story, but.... The Ruidoso Downs Racetrack hosted a very important Futurity race for two-year olds. These horses had trained all summer, run in trials against 250 other horses and qualified for the remaining ten to run for a $350,000 purse. The day had finally arrived, the wind was not blowing 50 mph, it was not pouring torrential rain, all seemed perfect for the best horse to win. The horses were loaded into the starting gates. There is only one gate which has a "panic bar", a bar located above the jockeys head that the assistant in that gate could pull in an emergency which would open all the gates simultaneously. This is rarely used. The starter, who stands on the side and operates his own trigger, had his eye out for that moment when all horses would be facing forward with 4 feet on the ground and ready to run. Seconds before the the trigger was to be pulled, the horse in the gate with the panic bar jumped straight up in the air and was completely airborne with all four feet off the ground, dumping the jockey on the ground behind him and hitting the panic bar with his head. As no horse was looking forward, but looking at the upset, and no jockey was looking forward either, when all the gates opened at that instant, few of the jockeys had a firm hold of the reins on their mounts. As a result few of the horses jumped out of the gates straight. Some went immediately left, others went immediately right and the resulting crashes unseated about 5 of the jockeys. Two of the jockeys were caught unawares and found themselves riding behind their saddles and shortly after that behind their horse's disappearing back feet. One jockey was found still on his mount but hanging on one side of the neck of his mount which was weaving back and forth across the track. Only one jockey remained on his mount and his horse was out in front. Knowing that any unmounted horse can outrun a mounted horse, that jockey was urging, urging his young horse on and nervously looking back to see who was gaining on him - l) because if the unmounted horse passed him he would lose the race, and the purse and 2) because any loose horse can simply run right into/over you. Two horses were gaining on him, one on either side. By the finish line a third unmounted horse caught up and the three of them finished across the wire before the mounted horse, rendering no-one with a purse and the race was called final. True story. I was the videographer for the track that day and was on the "close-up camera". They found that the horse that had made the unprecedented jump 12 feet into the air had been laced with DF-144 and the winning horse had none. <<GG>> Charger