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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
These are the kind a lot of people fall in love with because they are sure they will "get the distance"
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Exactly. Every horse can get the distance if they go slow enough. Sure sounds like for all the fears that a horse might prove unable to get 1 1/4 because they're a sprinter type, you gotta have some sort of speed in there most of the time. At least from the stats you've shown us. I think Baffert's remarked on that as well.
Aren't there tests that can predict router/sprinter based on length of the whatsits (that's the technical term) that makes up the muscle? (For some reason the words fast and slow twitch come to mind but that might be nothing.) Is that just something scientists have done studies on or has anybody actually used them to determine their horse's propensity? I assume even if you knew that, it might be that your horse also has a soundness, breathing, or psychological issues affecting what it can do so the muscle would just be one factor.