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Nov 29

 Yes, winning is not everything.

  posted by helyn on 29.11.10 06:39 as Yes, winning is not everything.




In 1971, Rantzeau become ranked 5th best sire of Eventers. Thanks to Quolibet Z and Unic F. (Horse Magazine.com)

 

"When we want to believe a proposition, we ask, ’Can I believe it?’ and we look only for evidence that the proposition might be true. If we find a single piece of evidence then we are done. We stop. We have a reason we can trot out to support our belief. But if we don’t want to believe a proposition, we ask. ’Must I believe it?’ and we look for an escape hatch, a single reason why maybe, just maybe, the proposition is false.”(Tom Gilovitch)


As well, a horse trots around the training ring with the neck high or low or overly flexed because the rider or the trainer or both have found in classical or modern literature a single piece of evidence ...


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