Dummies Question - 3 Furlong Workouts

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Originally Posted by Kasept

Note too that quoted 3f works frequently are cut-out of a further work of 4f, 5f or even more. Trainers will tell clockers that their horse is working three furlongs but are in fact involved in a longer drill between certain poles..

I would think trainers like to publish 4 furlong works rather than 3 furlong works for variety of reasons such as owners rather see their horse work a half mile than 3F. I will say from my own experience that a lot of 5 furlong works are published as 4 furlong works because the clockers occasionally miss the horse breaking off from the 5 furlong marker.