Re: Thanks Alan + Question for Jerry (519 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: August 29, 2007 06:48PM
Jimbo-- this question has come up several times over the years. I believe the figures are on par with each other-- that if you could find some way to write the question the right way, that the population as a whole is equally fast on dirt and turf. Yes, there are fewer big numbers, and I don't know why that is (slower paced races that bunch the fields and less drugs are two possiblities, as is the emphasis on speed and dirt in pedigrees). But I think that horse for horse the numbers are right. And so far, on poly, which both dirt and grass horses appear to handle, the figures seem to hold together.