9/16 mile OPEN pace at Yonkers

[Harness Stats]

Yonkers Tuesday Race 2 ... Dash for the Cash .. They made it a true open with Covered Bridge, Leonidas, This Is The Plan and three others.  Should be interesting at least.

[seen2much]

They should be firing off the gate. Will there overdriving like the Jug?

[Bernie Madoff]

Yonkers Tuesday Race 2 ... Dash for the Cash .. They made it a true open with Covered Bridge, Leonidas, This Is The Plan and three others.  Should be interesting at least.

 

[rainman2]

They should be firing off the gate. Will there overdriving like the Jug?

It’s only 9/16 if a mile !!  A better question is will overdriving lead to a major incident on the track??  This isn’t the sharpest driving colony in North America today!!

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

It’s only 9/16 if a mile !!  A better question is will overdriving lead to a major incident on the track??  This isn’t the sharpest driving colony in North America today!!

The shorter distance favors the honest horsemen, as gassed horses are stronger longer but doing it on a half mile track makes post position even more of a deciding factor. I would love to see half mile dashes at M1.

[rainman2]

The shorter distance favors the honest horsemen, as gassed horses are stronger longer but doing it on a half mile track makes post position even more of a deciding factor. I would love to see half mile dashes at M1.

Is it worth watching a catastrophic incident on/off the racetrack as a result of this race??  Asking for a friend!!

[Fuguzzi]

The shorter distance favors the honest horsemen, as gassed horses are stronger longer but doing it on a half mile track makes post position even more of a deciding factor. I would love to see half mile dashes at M1.

That would be fascinating. I think you'd see a 51.4

[JIDGE]

Gotta say not a big fan of the short dashes. It eliminates most of the strategy and can't be helpful in keeping a horse sound -- especially on a half. I think the mile and a quarter, or a mile and a half is a little more intriguing alternative, but I'm for the standard mile.

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Gotta say not a big fan of the short dashes. It eliminates most of the strategy and can't be helpful in keeping a horse sound -- especially on a half. I think the mile and a quarter, or a mile and a half is a little more intriguing alternative, but I'm for the standard mile.

I think distance lames one up. I believe shorter races would keep horses around longer. I know when I first got in the business, the old timers would tell me when a horse gets tired at the end of a mile is usually when they hurt themselves. I have no proof either way but I do know the chemicals being used today don't make a horse go faster, it just makes a horse not tire as quickly. That is why you see horses pacing last quarters in 25 seconds and not gaining a length on the leader.

[onabrake]

Yonkers they still "race" there. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[PineHurstPacer]

fun to watch I guess

not sure why an owner or trainer would risk putting a horse in here though

just not bred to race like they will be asked to

[Fuguzzi]

I think distance lames one up. I believe shorter races would keep horses around longer. I know when I first got in the business, the old timers would tell me when a horse gets tired at the end of a mile is usually when they hurt themselves. I have no proof either way but I do know the chemicals being used today don't make a horse go faster, it just makes a horse not tire as quickly. That is why you see horses pacing last quarters in 25 seconds and not gaining a length on the leader.

Or pacing in the low part of 1.50 and not getting a check. Never thought I'd see that!

[rainman2]

The shorter distance favors the honest horsemen, as gassed horses are stronger longer but doing it on a half mile track makes post position even more of a deciding factor. I would love to see half mile dashes at M1.

A 9/16 mile race would be more intriguing to the horsemen ad well as the getting public!!  The next question is should it be for the ‘full purse’ since they are going 9/16 ??  Does it matter if they make events like this at Yonkers, The Meadowlands, or any other track??

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Been done. Never sticks novelty wears off fast. And each horse loses 3 starts to this one in their lifetime being torched.

[rainman2]

Been done. Never sticks novelty wears off fast. And each horse loses 3 starts to this one in their lifetime being torched.

If you own them, you want to race for good money now, and you deal with the potential issues down the road if there are any!