Re: HOW FAST are horses getting faster (550 Views)
Date: May 31, 2005 07:10PM
"If the relationship changes because horses as a group don't handle routes as well, what do you do with the speed chart?"
I think the only way to deal with something like this is to examine the PPs and speed figures of those rare horses that seem versatile enough to be equally successful across various distances to create a more accurate chart.
As far as we know everyone's original charts were biased to begin with in whatever way the breed was biased.
In the past, I always felt that the very best routers were superior to the very best sprinters even when their figures were similar. On the rare occasions that one of those Grade 1 power routers dropped back in distance, they tended to blow the best sprinters out.
I'm less sure that's still true or at least to the same extent it was a long time ago.
Post Edited (05-31-05 19:14)