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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
3 year olds are still developing and 4 year olds too. The only thing that I may think that you are correct about is that they stretch the races out for 2 year olds too soon. I have asked every racing secretary that I know why they dont offer more opportunities going short in the fall for the horses that were behind schedule. Why shouldn't a horse that starts off in October be able to get some racing experience at 5 furlongs like the precocious one do. I must admit that this idea was someone elses who is much more qualified than me to have ideas about racehorses.
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Nah Im a reactionary with no knowlege because I dont own a two year old from afar.
Two year olds go through some much more significant changes. Only reason this is even brought up. Yearlings undergo even greater changes. But they are clearly not physically mature to the naked eye so of course they are not on the track. And I think if people did try to race horses as yearlings their would be an outcry. But for a horse that looks physically mature but has a lot of critical development going on... I think this has weighed upon owners and trainers that care. And I realize some two year olds mature a lot faster. Its individual. I personally dont like the BC two year old races which is where this whole thing started.