It is important to check for the condition when buying a horse, especially racing Thoroughbreds.

因此，在买马时，特别是买速度赛的纯血马时，检查马的状态是非常重要的。

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Buying furniture before having a house is really putting the cart before the horse.

没有房子先置家具真是本末倒置。

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"Putting money into buying a horse is a risky proposition -- you never know how good it's going to be, " Wayman told CNN.

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Fravel concedes that the financial collapse of 2008 was a harsh blow to horse racing which, from a horse-buying perspective, is a luxury.

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It was like buying or selling a bet on a horse, halfway through the race.

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