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Originally Posted by socantra
Just what is the optimal speed of a horse race and exactly where is the knob on the horse where you set it?
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I don't think I have to say that if you go too fast or slow early, your final time will suffer. Many people think that jockeys have the ability to slow a horse during a race, to varying degrees. I would think that with a little trial and error, with a particular horse, at a given distance, an optimal speed (or range) through each fraction could be determined that would produce a horse's fastest final time (over a series of races or workouts). I do realize there are many other factors that will affect a horse's performance but when the subject came up about jockeys controlling the horses' speed, it made me think how I would try to do it instead of guessing about whether I was going too fast or not.
Anyway, I was just wondering out loud, that's all.