Its amazing how much time you can make up on the
people that come zooming > into the gate/holds. I have
done this for years. I even start last so I miss the craziness of the
front runners. Just don't care to deal with that anymore. It is
amazing the number of horses I gain on at the first vet check. And then
one passes even more at the 2nd. And I have observed the same folks year
after year let the craziness take over. It is not to say that one can't
run in front and get great recoveries. If the homework of conditioning has
been done, then one can run in front and get those pulses to drop stat.
Seen it done and have done it myself. But I prefer to do it the other
way. No jockeying for position and a lot safer. Besides, getting
older and shrinking does put some saneness into one's brain.
Jeanie
