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By Betsy Parker
Times Newspapers Staff Writer
A is for allowance. An allowance describes a
break in weight assignment to a horse in a JL .^particular race. Allowance races allow a horse that has not won a certain amount of money, for instance, or in a particular time period, a few pounds less than a horse that is a more prolific, or recent, winner.
B is for bandages. Most horses racing on the dirt run in back bandages at least; many with fronts, too. The horse’s ankle hyperextends when racing at speed so that the back of the pastern can get scraped by the dirt track. Bandages protect against this. Some hurdle horses wear bandages for support or similar protection; most timber horses wear ‘timber shins,’ cushioned pads positioned to the front of the shin and secured by a
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