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Originally Posted by thaskalos
In a typical race...there are front-runners...pressers...stalkers...and closers. These horses all have their favorite running styles...and they distribute their energy differently throughout the race. Does this support the "herd mentality" concept...or does it suggest that the horses have a certain "individuality" about them? Are we to believe that all these different running-style designations abide by the same running pattern that the race itself eventually adheres to?
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without taking sides this is a furphy.
running styles in the main are dictated by the rider or trainer.
if you had the data and could check it, you would find that no matter how fast or slow the race pace was.....
a horse will generally be about the same metric behind the leader at various race points.
ie: if it's 10m away at the 600m mark in a hot pace it will generally be about the same behind in a slow pace.
it's not usually horses that decide pace, it's riders and trainers.
