i have a question

[ontheoutside]

stay behind pace setter and ease over period you have a 5-2 shot in front of you and a 4-5 shot passing him he isn't splitting anything watch the race this horse was much better where he was he did what you said and he finished last less ground to cover is the name of the game

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by ontheoutside

stay behind pace setter and ease over period you have a 5-2 shot in front of you and a 4-5 shot passing him he isn't splitting anything watch the race this horse was much better where he was he did what you said and he finished last less ground to cover is the name of the game

As I said before, you will lose a ton of ground if you go wide all the way around the turn. But you lose practically no ground if you swing out at the top of the stretch. A mathematician wanted to figure out how much ground it would cost a horse if they drew post #20 in the Kentucky Derby. He was surprised by what the math showed. The horse actually would not lose a ton of ground unless he ended up going wide around the turns. In another words, if the horse could somehow angle over to the rail before they hit the turn, the horse would only lose around 2 lengths. If a horse stayed in the 20 path around the turn they would lose around 20 lengths. Angling out (or in) on a straightaway costs you very little. It is going wide around the turn that will cost you a lot.

With regard to the race you are talking about, the horse's poor finish had nothing to do with him swinging out. The horse was lugging in at the top of the stretch. Then when another horse swung out into his path, the near collision did your horse in. He lost all his momentum It's hard to tell where he would have finished if it weren't for that incident. He would have obviously finished quite a bit better than he did.

[ontheoutside]

you stay with your opinion ill stay with mine I know what I saw

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by ontheoutside

you stay with your opinion ill stay with mine I know what I saw

What did you see? What you're saying makes no sense. His swinging out is not what cost him. What cost him was the incident he had with the other horse 1/16th of a mile later in the race. You are right that the incident would not have happened if he hadn't swung out earlier. But how is the jockey going to know that 1/16th of a mile later in the race that his horse is going to lug in and that another horse is going to swing out into his path? That has nothing to do with a decision that was made 1/16th of a mile earlier. In 99% of cases, a jockey would be less likely to have a near collision by going wide than by trying to go through on the rail or split horses. So in the one case out of 100 where the wide move ends up leading to a near collision (a 1/16th of a mile later), you say it was a bad move.

I'll give you an analogy. If you are playing blackjack and you have 16 and the dealer has a 5 showing, you should stand. Even if the next card turns out to be a 5, you still made the right move. You have to play the percentages. It's not going to work every time. That is irrelevant. You can't complain that you should have hit since the next card turned out to be a 5 and you would have had 21. In the long run, you will do 100x better by standing when you have 16 and the dealer is showing a 5.

[Alabama Stakes]

The longer you stay inside , the bigger chance you’ll get stuck there. The other jocks will try to keep you pinned as long as they can. I think he knew, or thought he had plenty of hoss there and wen5 for clear sailing while he had the chance. The bigger problem with the ride was the foolish right hand stick. If you’re gonna come around like that, angle out further and give yourself some room under left hand urging and get your momentum up with room to lug in a little cause you’re moving so fast. He had to stop riding twice losing all chance.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

The longer you stay inside , the bigger chance you’ll get stuck there. The other jocks will try to keep you pinned as long as they can. I think he knew, or thought he had plenty of hoss there and wen5 for clear sailing while he had the chance. The bigger problem with the ride was the foolish right hand stick. If you’re gonna come around like that, angle out further and give yourself some room under left hand urging and get your momentum up with room to lug in a little cause you’re moving so fast. He had to stop riding twice losing all chance.

I agree with everything you said!