Joanne Friedman, a New Jersey horse-farm owner and equine appraiser, pointed to another problem: Given the generally nervous nature of horses, she said, it would be "quite a feat" to get them to start a race without incident.
So why not start with a 10K race instead of the half-marathon?
Critics believe the missile shield would spell an end to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty, and some European leaders agree with Russian warnings that it could start a new arms race.
Swimming's micro-scandal came last week after South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh was asked by reporters about an underwater video that showed him using three underwater "dolphin" kicks at the start of a breaststroke race.
Priaulx got off to a good start in race two but lost the lead to Swiss star Menu on lap three.
But it should not be allowed to start the next race a few seconds before its competitors, or to tie their legs together.
"Welcome to my world, " said Hamilton, whose team-mate Heikki Kovalainen made it through qualifying session one and will start Sunday's race a row in 14th.
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time in first and second qualifying sessions, retired on lap 27 due to an electrical failure, while Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg did not even start the race due to a fuel-system problem.
This time, he drove the race he should have driven in Fuji, making a perfect start and leading comfortably throughout the race apart from during the first pit-stop period.
Although it's a net-downhill race from start to finish, it includes the famous Heartbreak Hill, a 650-yard incline at the 21st mile that tests runners' fortitude.
In Sunday's other match with a bearing on the title race, Arsenal continued their fine start to the season with a 6-2 home win over Blackburn at the Emirates.
"It's a great way to start the last race of the year, " said the German.
Annan appealed to all countries to avoid a new arms race and start negotiating irreversible disarmament agreements.
Shortly before a horn signaled the start of the race, Chaoui slid into the starting line for the 5K, decked out in fluorescent pink leg sleeves and a turkey hat.
It soon became obvious that a decision to start the year with an updated version of a car that was first slated to race in 2003 was a major error.
As the rules dictate that teams must have at least a 10-minute warning a re-start, that meant the race had to be abandoned.
The 12-strong matched fleet will be hosted in a race village at St Katharine Docks, which is the official Clipper Race start and finish port.
Dave Taylor ensured a brisk start to the men's race, taking the field through the first mile in four mins 48secs, with Smith comfortably settled behind him.
Free hats and flags were given out by the first teams to arrive and soon a sea of green hats added to the colour of the Waterfront, which provided an idyllic backdrop for the start of the race between 100 riders over a 1, 349.9km course.
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Gypsy King, in only his second race, made a very slow start and looked in trouble early on.
Wiltshire explorer David Hempleman-Adams has had a good start in the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race and is currently in fourth place.
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Roads close for the Ulster Grand Prix at 9.30am on Saturday, with a six-race programme scheduled to start around an hour later.
"He will have an entry in the Grand National again but this race looks a good place to start him off, " added the County Carlow handler.
Much was made about her knee and whether it would hinder the fast start needed off the blocks to be a contender in the race.
Back in 1998, my parents had been anchored off that very seawall before heading south for Norfolk and the start of the Caribbean 1500, a rather laid back ocean race from the Chesapeake Bay to the Virgin Islands.
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Webber was punished for colliding with Brawn's Rubens Barrichello at the start but was in a class of his own to dominate the race despite his handicap.
In the first Irish Superbike race of the day, Laverty was a start-to-finish winner with Neill seeing off Donald in a thrilling battle for second place, then Pearson, Brian McCormack and Alistair Seeley completing the top six.
The stricken firm is in a race against time: official trading is due to start on the London Stock Exchange on July 19th and in Moscow at once.
On a temperate and sunny spring day in Boston a departure from last year's scorching near-90-degree conditions the women's elite race got off to an especially slow start, with a 6:04 first mile.
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