[Mark]

Racing is all about fast horses. Early horses are both quick and fast. Some more sustained horses can become fast relative to the running of their race when the front end decelerates because of excessive contention during the early running of the race. However, it is the handicapper's challenge to identify those situations when the front end combat will have that effect and provide the opportunity for the more sustained runner, whether P, SP or S to use their relative speed to overcome the deficit in ground loss early in the race.