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Title: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: PIGLAND on July 05, 2020, 08:32:43 PM

times seem rediculous?

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Rabbi Of Racing on July 05, 2020, 08:43:18 PM

terrible what has happened

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: LUCPARK on July 05, 2020, 08:54:13 PM

Tracks getting faster surface getting better

And breeding to good mares

All go together to make horses unbelievably fast

Two yrs olds going on 51 or 50 first time out crazy

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: dinkadoo on July 05, 2020, 08:56:48 PM

times are irrelevant anymore. Handicap by class, or by the trainer...

at the Meds 1:48 miles are so common place that can be paced by any horse nearly in any class.
on Saturday   43 horses paced faster than 1:49.4


looking at Scioto results

10k claimer in 51.4
10k claimer after the rains came - 53.0

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Harness Stats on July 05, 2020, 09:19:37 PM

At Meadowlands when it rains sometimes the times get faster until it gets sloppy

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Brown jug on July 05, 2020, 09:27:49 PM

time only counts in prison

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Harness Stats on July 05, 2020, 09:37:38 PM

Here's another crazy fact from last night at Meadowlands.  36 horses paced their last 1/4 at 26.0 or under. 

Another 36 went between 26.1 and 26.4

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: LUCPARK on July 05, 2020, 09:51:26 PM

48/3  and 26/3 last quarter

Got me fifth place ck last night Big deal

Crazy fast miles at bigm

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Meadows King on July 06, 2020, 08:23:47 AM

Better breed.   Better care.  Tracks short with pylons able to cut turns closer and better bikes     Drivers too

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: IkeSilver on July 06, 2020, 08:59:59 AM

Race bikes, race bikes, race bikes, driver mindset, and no hubrails. Breed is becoming almost as refined as tbreds.The old traditional crosses do not cut it any longer

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: slimshady on July 06, 2020, 09:01:06 AM

Better breed.   Better care.  Tracks short with pylons able to cut turns closer and better bikes     Drivers too

breed - agree   care - agree   pylons - agree   bikes - agree    track maintenance 

What does a driver do today, that they didn't do 20 years ago?

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: IkeSilver on July 06, 2020, 09:06:22 AM

Where do you want to start?

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: SportsmansP5/8 on July 06, 2020, 11:18:07 AM

Speed now a days does not mean more quality or better animal!!!!!! Tracks are faster and horses are bread for speeed durability is in question alot and and it takes away alot if good rivalries aswell because they retire so young!!!’nn

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: Jazzman on July 06, 2020, 06:07:29 PM

noway better care in the 80s grooms rubbed one horse and they slept in front of their stall when they where on the road no you have to rub 4or 5 most horses ship with no grooms and yes its all about the drugs

Title: Re: is it me or did horses get faster
Post by: PIGLAND on July 06, 2020, 10:11:39 PM

Quote from: help on July 06, 2020, 09:40:18 PM

It's you too. You got faster.

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