Re: Another View of Modern Racing From Bobby Trussell (504 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: October 05, 2007 04:01PM
TGJB Wrote:
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> Michael-- the distance progression shouldn't have
> anything to do with it, and a) older horses are
> most of the basis for figure making, and b)
> younger horses get stronger and faster as the year
> goes on, which complicates things. But the
> question of distance itself is interesting.
> Problem is I don't know how you would prove it.
>
> AS a practical matter, most horses run on dirt
> before they run on grass, so you use those figures
> as part of your decision making process.
fair enough.
injecting all these new turf sprints into the turf figure pool is going to be interesting. it shouldn't have any impact on the longer distance turf figs, should it?
thanks for the response.