Horses That Have Previously Fallen

[DaveEdwards]

In race 5 at AQU today there was a horse running called Your Move. In it's previous race at Parx it fell after the line. On it's first race back today it won paying $6.40.

My selections were due to be 5 & 8 which finished 1st & 2nd, but I passed the race. The reason was that I cast my mind back to a comment by Bob Purdy about horses that had previously fallen and it being best to leave them alone until they have proven they are over the fall psychologically and are running well again.

This horse appears to have done it straight away, but I'm sure Bob didn't jump to this conclusion from nowhere.

Anyone any thoughts/observations on this? Right now I only have a sample size of one to go with....

Apparently one of a horses greatest fears is falling and it easy to see horses start to make a strong move in the stretch & lose all momentum if they think another horse is going to drift in front of them.