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Originally Posted by Cratos
A starting point would a thorough reading of the white paper “Racing Surfaces” written together by Dr. Michael Peterson and others. This will help you understand as it did for me the impact of the surface condition on the motion of the horse during the race.
As the track’s surface becomes relatively softer, the resistance force of friction restricts the horse’s movement caused by surface deformations or by a plowing effect of the horse’s motion.
The causes of the resistive force of friction are molecular adhesion and is best captured in the calculation of the coefficient of kinetic friction.
Also, it is useful to understand that the contemporaneous characterization of the racetrack surface as being “fast’ or “slow” is folly; the track’s surface is a static entity without movement.
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