Early Runners

[THE HAT]

Early


E -- Runners that show in their best races that they are on or
near the lead, or within a length attempting to get the
lead.
A winning effort will be achieved only in this manner and
is usually a wire to wire effort.

Many individuals identify early speed using the second call, or
add beaten lengths to the first call. All we need to look for is
positions at the first call. During a seminar in Toronto Sandy
Hawley revealed that he was not a handicapper, but if he saw
ones at the first call he knew the horse was a front runner. This
makes if easy in identifying early horses, but determining if the
early horse can win is the big question.

Today early speed is the name of the game, and is a extensive
factor in North American racing. The winner of a race is
decided when the gates open. One horse goes for the lead all of
the others try to catch him. The ability of a horse to conserve his
energy is crucial in a horse race, especially for front runners.
If a horse is forced to run faster early he will go into oxygen
debt and can’t extend his energy the full distance.

Everybody that reads the Daily Racing Form can see if a horse
ran wire-to-wire in his last race and most of the time is made
the betting choice. In most instances these horses are destined
to fail, because of other unidentified early horses in the race.

Horses with hidden early speed is where the match up finds
horse that are overlooked by most handicappers. To identify
these horses it is necessary to explore the total past performance
of the horse. These horse are 2hd, 3nk, and in there past
performance indicate they have gone wire-to-wire.