[AusRace] re Question from the web

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I read it as meaning that those horses who couldn't keep up early also
failed to make any ground late.


On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Doug Robb <doug at clarity.com.au> wrote:

>
> >From the ausrace web contact form a question someone might know the answer
> for - please cc answer to address above
>
> > Name = Karen Perkins
> > Message = Define the meaning of the phrase described after a race: "the
> horses outrun early played no factor"
>
> Karen it's not a term I've heard used in Australia however it probably
> means
> the horse/s raced hard out in front and tired badly and so faded out of the
> race.
>
> Some horses won't settle and so if the jockey can't settle a horse they
> will
> let them run to the lead and depending on how fast the race is run this can
> (and usually is) a bad thing because they hit the wall sooner than horses
> than can run their races in a more controlled way. In Australia we'd likely
> say "the horse pulled himself into the ground and was gone at the turn
> ...."
> or something.
>
> Any other opinions?
>
> All the best for the New Year,
>
> Doug
>
>
>
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