Opening Night at Turfway

Originally Posted by TitanSooner

and closers win every race!! at least it seemed that way.. wonder if having so much less kickback allowed them to sit back and pounce without a face full of dirt.

I talked with Randall Toupes, Mena and John McKee and all three said it is like running on air. The horses really took to it. McKee said there is an advatage to closing because when you are on the lead you cant hear the horses coming from behind. So your horse doesnt feel the pressure and neither does the jock. He also said that the jock who is on the lead has got to pay more attention to what is going on behind him. Toupes said the horse and jock do not get the kickback like they did during the spring meet. So far so good.