Re: Some thoughts about wind (390 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: May 11, 2005 10:35AM
>Beyerguy wrote:
>That is interesting, I hadn't really heard >it ever mentioned much either.
As for the radio, if I were the trainer, the only thing I'd be telling my jockey would be, if he was leading, if you leave the rail open, I WILL kill you!
LMAO
Thehoarsehorseplayer wrote:
> Well, the scenario I described was not this year's Kentucky
> Derby since the horses ran into the wind from the start. Big
> mistake by me. But an even bigger mistake by the jockey's who,
> knowing they had to travel a mile and a quarter, challenged the
> wind at the beginning.
> Still I think these premises still hold. Running a half a race
> into the wind and half against the wind will not offest
> performance wise for flesh and blood with the same mathmatical
> rigor as it would for a car.
> And two, wind can throw off one's inner clock.
Agreed greater energy expended early leaves less for late. Same theory as inordinate pace.