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Originally Posted by thaskalos
But the official fractional clocking of the race isn't necessarily made by only ONE "leader". It is entirely possible for ONE horse to set the first race call fraction...ANOTHER horse to set the second call fraction...and yet ANOTHER horse to trigger the final race clocking. Which of these "leaders" is the trailing pack supposed to mimic?
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We are talking about typical situations where horses that are forwardly placed at the 1st call are also forwardly placed at the 2nd. But even in those exceptions where leaders vary significantly between calls the question of whether horses are duplicating the leader's pattern when there is no consistent leader is moot.
It is is irrelevant since a horses pace pattern can be classified and used to adjust it's final figure regardless of what other horses are doing. Whatever extent it affects your horses' figure can be seen by looking at your horse's figures.
