So, random question - Page 2

2MinsToPost · #21 09-01-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by GPK

and pacers are the faster of the two gaits....and you see trotters "go off stride" or "break" more frequently, especially as 2YO's.

this is very common in races where there is a 2-5 shot...they seem to go off stride very frequently for some reason. I could give you a long list of names for drivers that it seems to happen with more frequently than others....but I will refrain

Oh yeah, how true Kevin, how true!

2MinsToPost · #22 09-01-2006, 10:36 AM

Poor horses here at Scioto Downs, their is one jockey / rider who must weigh close to 200 pounds.

jpops757 · #23 09-01-2006, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I haven't bet on a harness race in 20 years. I used to enjoy it as a teen-ager. Back when I was in high-school, they had harness racing at Hollywood Park. They raced at night. I used to go quite a bit.

First Pacers I ever saw were at Los Al where they raced years ago and they split time with the quarters. It was also the first time I had ever seen the race program with pps. Little did I know that this was the wave of the future. It still amazes me when I think back when I first started going to the races and bet them with only a program that showed the connection and there breeding along with there won and loss percentages.

Pedigree Ann · #24 09-01-2006, 01:02 PM

In the gallop, a horse's entire weight (and his jockey's) comes down on one leg at a time; in particular, there is a point in the stride when all the weight pounds down on a single foreleg. At a trot or pace, the weight is distributed over two legs on each stride.

TitanSooner · #25 09-01-2006, 01:31 PM

are trotters and pacers the same breed? how do they determine if they trot or pace? do they ever switch over? Have no idea about standardbreds, but always wondered this.

randallscott35 · #26 09-01-2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't think it has anything to do with that. I think it has to do with the activity. I'm sure if you put someone on their back and raced them like thoroughbreds, you'd see them breaking down left and right.

Highly doubt it. Again, the knowledge I have of this is from one of the top harness breeders here in New Jersey. I don't see why he would make it up. But harness racing is the equivalent of dog racing to me so I really don't care.

Cajungator26 · #27 09-01-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanSooner

are trotters and pacers the same breed? how do they determine if they trot or pace? do they ever switch over? Have no idea about standardbreds, but always wondered this.

Same breed, although the bloodlines used are slightly different. Pacers can be retrained to trot as well from my understanding.