X and O - Pace and Cap

Tim Y · 02-21-2017, 12:32 PM

My observation was not off topic but was a warning to not overly depend on POSITION when it is FRACTIONAL VELOCITY that we are interested in.

This notion was IN the Follow Up way back and was adopted long ago, then forgotten but recently re-born after observing many a long price winner with the ONLY common characteristic was exiting the fastest paced races EVEN IF they had been beaten >7 lenghts.

We are LOOKING at fractional velocities NOT the relative position of said horse to others, but said horse to the PACE OF THE RACE>

02-21-2017, 12:32 PM	#16
Tim Y turf historian Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,455	My observation was not off topic but was a warning to not overly depend on POSITION when it is FRACTIONAL VELOCITY that we are interested in. This notion was IN the Follow Up way back and was adopted long ago, then forgotten but recently re-born after observing many a long price winner with the ONLY common characteristic was exiting the fastest paced races EVEN IF they had been beaten >7 lenghts. We are LOOKING at fractional velocities NOT the relative position of said horse to others, but said horse to the PACE OF THE RACE> __________________ Albert Einstein:"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."