Oh yeah, how true Kevin, how true!

Poor horses here at Scioto Downs, their is one jockey / rider who must weigh close to 200 pounds.

First Pacers I ever saw were at Los Al where they raced years ago and they split time with the quarters. It was also the first time I had ever seen the race program with pps. Little did I know that this was the wave of the future. It still amazes me when I think back when I first started going to the races and bet them with only a program that showed the connection and there breeding along with there won and loss percentages.

In the gallop, a horse's entire weight (and his jockey's) comes down on one leg at a time; in particular, there is a point in the stride when all the weight pounds down on a single foreleg. At a trot or pace, the weight is distributed over two legs on each stride.

are trotters and pacers the same breed? how do they determine if they trot or pace? do they ever switch over? Have no idea about standardbreds, but always wondered this.

Highly doubt it. Again, the knowledge I have of this is from one of the top harness breeders here in New Jersey. I don't see why he would make it up. But harness racing is the equivalent of dog racing to me so I really don't care.

Same breed, although the bloodlines used are slightly different. Pacers can be retrained to trot as well from my understanding.