Re: Faster Than They Used To Be (512 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: November 15, 2004 04:13PM
1-- You are making an assumption about the breeding part, and the horsemen are definitely buying and training towards the classics, to the point of burning up horses doing it.
2-- I mentioned a specific track super because he was the one quoted in the article.
3-- Again, I don't need to do anything at all unless I care about convincing you, which I don't. What you don't get is that I measure track speed for a living-- that's how I know it's happening. And by the way, I gave Finley another quote which he didn't use, which concerns why other figure makers (specifically Beyer) don't have horses running faster-- it has to do with using fixed pars for claiming horses as a base. If you assume that the average horse is not getting better it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. I also pointed Finley to Porcelli, but he was clearly looking for something he could use on the other side. Which is fine.
Amazing how those swimming pools get faster at every Olympics.
TGJB