In a message dated 7/27/2005 7:42:51 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The
issue is not the distance it is the pacing.
...and, how it relates to the horses conditioning.
As the level of conditioning increases, the pace (should) be able to be
increased.
If the horse exhibits some bio-mechanical or perturbation in metabolic
efficiency as the pace increases, the "program" or horse need to be looked at
more closely.
Truman continues by saying: "There is nothing wrong with the 25 mile
distance. It is the way it is used."