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FWIW, I don't think you can safely say that.  Mike has always said that 
there are no LD records in the online database before 1996, because the 
data was unreliable.  Remember too that many RMs didn't sanction their 
LD rides before 95 or was it 96?

Lynne


On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 07:49 AM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>    So What about 'comback ' horses. Ones who had a good career and had
> > either
> > a severe injury or illness that usualy ends a horses career and
> > camback to  ride again?
>
> <snip>
> Looking at the 10 year horses' records I noticed that none of them had
> started out in LD, except Baskhari who was 4 at the time and had no
> choice. Their fastest years tend to be their third or fourth season. 
> The
> ones who did the most 100's started them early in their careers. They
> weren't "slow" but didn't run up front for the first couple of years.


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