Well, let's put it this way...a QH couldn't race more
than a quarter mile; he isn't built for it. And of course, that's where he
got his name in the first place...they were bred a long time ago by early day
colonials for quarter-mile races. At least that's what I have always
read. Remember - fast twitch muscles for sudden and explosive bursts of
speed for short distances.
I once was talking with my brother about horse racing and car
racing. I told him I went to the Arab races at the local track, but when
they got to the QH races, I left. He told me how much he liked 1/4 mile
car races. I told him, "Well, I guess they're great if you have a short
attention span." He never really forgave me that comment, brings it up
every time I see him.
But it's true. Like everything else
in this country, horse racing is being dumbed down for the people who can't
manage to concentrate on anything for more than a minute.
jeri
-----Original Message----- From: Truman Prevatt
<tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: k s
swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ridecamp
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 12 May 2008 7:55 am Subject:
Re: [RC] Man o' War
The
reason the 100, 200 and the 400 are the most popular events in human track -
it starts and within a minute and at most one lap around the track it is over.
Lone gone are the days where the "track heros" were sorts like Prefontaine,
Shorter, Keino, Ryun. In reality the spectators (and betters) only want to see
the sprint at the end for the wire. I suspect it's the same phenomenon in
horse racing.
Truman
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote: >> I am personally of the opinion that the one of the
big problems with the >> breeding of the American Thoroughbred
is the lack of emphasis on >> breeding horses that can go the
classic distances. >> > > > Kat, I
think you're onto something there. And sadly, the primary reason for
shortening the races is the pressure from the betting public. They don't want
to sit through a race that might take more than 2 minutes. Sad, sad,
sad. > > Heidi > >
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