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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
In general post position is less of a factor in 1 turn races.
The rail is usually a better post than the outside, even in 1 turn races, but it can require that a horse show early speed, because other horses want to show speed and move inside.
If a trainer feels like he has the best horse in the race, and he draws post 10, he may say he wanted post 10 because it allows his horse a clear start and time to settle.
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in sprints especially the shorter sprints a horse has to gunit from the gate or risk being stuck on the rail behind horses.If he does have to gun for the lead he risks being used to early....
