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This special weekly section includes the paper's Books Page. For trainers at Kentucky racetracks, the new endoscopic exams of horses' noses may pose something of a hardship. Ten times in the last year or so, sponges have been inserted into the nostrils of horses racing at Churchill Downs. The sponges impair the horses' breathing and can affect their performance. In the most recent incident, a 7-5 favorite was pulled up in the middle of a race.