Slower doesn't mean safer

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't know exactly but when horses start running 6 furlongs in 1:07 and change, I would say that you're getting to the point where there's not enough cushion.

Majesticperfection seems to beg to differ at the moment, and that race card hasn't exactly come back with horses limping to the bench -- in fact, they practically swept Saratoga Sunday.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Majesticperfection seems to beg to differ at the moment, and that race card hasn't exactly come back with horses limping to the bench -- in fact, they practically swept Saratoga Sunday.

Tracks are never so dangerous that most of the horses get hurt on a card. If 10% were getting hurt, that would be a really dangerous track. I don't know if the track at Prairie Meadows was dangerous or not, but knowing that some horses came back fine is hardly evidence that the track was safe.

You can ask any trainer and they will all tell you that they get more injuries when the track is too hard whether it's grass or dirt.

[Cannon Shell]

Any comparison of tracks from years past and now are pretty much not valid based on the difference in how horses are trained/raced. Perhaps if horses ran more often they wouldnt be as frail as they are when every race is "spaced" to try to produce max efforts.

[Sightseek]

Dougie just wanted a reason to think about Jazil.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Any comparison of tracks from years past and now are pretty much not valid based on the difference in how horses are trained/raced. Perhaps if horses ran more often they wouldnt be as frail as they are when every race is "spaced" to try to produce max efforts.

kind of like how I believe that pitch counts actually make a pitcher weaker?

Why could guys throw 140 pitches in a 4 man rotation and do fine but now if you hit the century mark its too much?

throwing more pitches can only make your arm stronger, IMO.

Did we start breeding humans differently also?