HERSCH: Terrific piece on rating tactics
Discussed this exact topic with Tony Black Thursday on ATR, and Marcus Hersch has a great piece about doling out speed in DRF..
Rating game: The art and science of rationing speed
By Marcus Hersh
Shackleford is a speed horse, yes, but in the Preakness he showed mastery of the skill that separates horses running on blind instinct from horses racing with a purpose: rating.
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