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Old 10-15-2013, 04:03 PM   #68
Segwin
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Originally Posted by For The Lead View Post

When you have a horse that shows consistent early speed and fades through the stretch in sprint races, it "appears" the horse doesn't have enough stamina. So the concept is to run the horse in a route race in order to build the horse's stamina. It isn't necessary, in that route race, to send the horse out to the front as fast as it can go. In fact, that would defeat the purpose, since the idea is to allow the horse to run further, building up its' wind and stamina.
Couldn't this be accomplished in works too (unless it's better to keep the horse in the "action")?
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