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Very insightful Bill. Its true that younger horses are speed crazy and lack stamina. They develop stamina as they mature and carry their speed further. It makes perfect sense to run them in shorter races as maidens.
If a route race the trainer needs to have proven ability with the distance, surface and with maidens.
Stats can be very misleading such as 18 wins of 33 for 54.54% Fact is there are multiple FTS in many of those races. This can be offset by demanding other criteria such as a minimum acceptable odds vs. the risk and other factors.
Good stuff,
Mitch44
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