Slower doesn't mean safer

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I'm talking about observations over many years at many different tracks involving many different horses.

It doesn't matter either way to me though.

You know that it would obviously be dangerous for horses to run on cement. Why would it be dangerous? It would be dangerous because it is way too hard. That may be an extreme example but the point is that the horses need some cushion. How much cushion? I don't know exactly but when horses start running 6 furlongs in 1:07 and change, I would say that you're getting to the point where there's not enough cushion.