Originally Posted by
Messenger
Thanks Breno, very interesting thoughts especially about racing tactics
You are no doubt right that there would be far more races over the 1720 and 2240 at Melton than some of the Flemington distances; I would however think that the number of times the VERY best race over say 1200 or 1600 may be comparable to how often our VERY best race at Melton over 1720 or 2240
Maybe the question should be as to why Flemington/the gallopers are not continuing to see a gradual progression like harness (and athletics and swimming etc etc)