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Originally Posted by Horseplayersbet.com
This makes sense to me.
Slower horses should run at slower velocities than faster horses the longer they run. You would expect that if a stake horse is expected to run the last half furlong in a 6 1/2f race to be faster than a maiden 10k claimer. The greater the distance, the more the differential should be.
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That is my contention also. However, when talking about higher class horses, don't they normally run faster fractions, overall? If so, then maybe the final time differential, between lower and higher classes, is less than what we think it should be. Interesting topic.
