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Originally Posted by AndyC
In reality, in most turf races the winners are, in fact, accelerating. Is that a wrong way to run for a horse on turf?
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On one hand we have the fact that a horse will run it's fastest time if it distributes its energy evenly. On the other hand we also have the fact that most turf race winners are accelerating late. The apparent contradiction has to do with the way most turf races are run. Since most riders think that the best way to run a turf race is with late acceleration then most are riding inefficiently by using their energy late and and most winners will usually come from this larger group which makes up most of the field. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
There is a also a more complex explanation drawing upon a parallel with races in human track with extreme paces which I will go into at a later date. Unfortunately, some health issues are preventing me from going into too complex an explanation at present. Need to save some energy for a late intellectual acceleration.
