Saratoga works Handily
 

I'm used to seeing H for Handily noted for California racing but everywhere else they almost always are breezing works. Now Saratoga works are coming back with Handily.

Sorry to say I don't really know the difference. Seems like horses with Handily works don't do as well as horses that breeze.

Handily times are almost always faster than breezing times but the explanations I have heard suggest that the horse is not being asked in Handily works. it has to be backwards.

I think Handily works right before a race suck. The horse is a toss.

I think you have it backwards. Handily works are when the horse is asked for more speed. There's nothing wrong with seeing a short handily workout a few days before a race. It usually means the trainer means business. . .

they only ask for speed at Saratoga and California tracks?
I may have it backwards on H works right before a race
but I have been paying attention to work ou patterns for as long as I have been playing.

I opened up an old DRF lying around and found some "H" works from Calder and Monmouth as well. . .

Nope. Breezing is when they really try to tighten a horse before a race by working it fast. Handily means exactly that - "In Hand"...no whip.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...2/ai_n13871362

I don't agree....I may be wrong but IMHO Breezing is when the horse is not really being asked...bascically doing it on his/her own...Handily is when the horse is under strong urging from the rider....

Perhaps Cannon Shell will jump in here with his thoughts.

I don't pay any attention to Calder or Monmouth. so you got me there.

Read the explanation the link provided. That's what I've heard before but Handily times are almost always faster.

I liked reading the free clocker's reports on BrisNET. They told you what was happening.

Breezing means he was being asked to do more. Hand means just what it says In Hand not being asked to do anything not within itself.

Handily vs In Hand.....not the same

Breezing
 

is when a horse is working without being asked

Handily is when a horse is asked for more in a work, really urged.

sorry but it seems a lot of you are misinformed

i do believe breezing means with ease, handily with some urging....yeah, what iron said! you know breezing--it was a breeze meaning easy.

speaking of what things mean...anyone know where 'furlong' came from??


One eighth of a mile. Originally a "furrow long" or the length of a plowed field.

I stand corrected. www.gamingtoday.com/Glossary/horses.cfm/

Today at Saratoga the workouts show a mix of Breezing and Handily works, a few of each from the gate. Seems like useful info.

But at Delmar they all show Handily works, a couple from the gate. Is that to say every trainer wanted some urging from the rider? Doesn't seem likely.

DRF form notes defines "handily" as "moderate speed, but more speed than 'breezing' ".

Against what they sound like they mean to my ears!

It may make sense when you consider the polytrack - they want the horses fit over it. Just guessing.

Racing trivia ...

What racing journalist first coined the use of the term breezing, by describing a certain famous horse running in his workout, "and the trees swayed" (as he was running past?) as he was so fast?

Who was the writer, and who was the horse? :)

Bonus points for the track where the workout took place!

But it's the same at Bay Meadows(dirt). I just don't think they show much distinction in the works in Cali.

raise a native

hatton

belmont park

A winner in the History of the Turf contest! :)

Well done!