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![]() On that topic. Why is it that cover seems so much more important in Harness racing?
Is it a matter of added wind resistance with sulky? |
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![]() I think it also has to do with the sulky and the driver. If you watch those races, the horses mouths are on top of the helmets of the driver in front of them. But I have never heard the word cover used reguarding T-Breds.
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![]() Quote:
The principle in terms of running style is to keep your turf horses in amongst traffic to save run given that the horse is taught to explode once he sees daylight. Of course some prefer to run covered up.. Others demand running room and to be outside other horses. As an example, Velasquez told Tagg after getting off Nobiz post-BC Mile, that the colt was uncomfortable down inside and he couldn't get run until he got him in the clear on the outside entering the backstretch..
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