Quote Originally Posted by Maorisidol View Post
43% winning rate.
67% win/place rate for leader, they seem pretty darn good to me without that damn cheat lane dominating!!!
20 years ago and more, what might have these stats been pre sprint lanes?
would that have been much different i wonder in the world of 800m and less tracks with no sprint lane?
would it have been a greater leader bias with the leader getting the "soft" run up front? so back in these days the heat was on the leader getting the edge on the others in the race and now it can be on the sprint lane horse.
swings and roundabouts.
evolution.
The evolution will be that when a race is being run, those runners not on the fence, will go slower so that they can't be out sprinted up the straight! Sounds good to me, just cop the go slow fine! We don't see so much "shotgun" driving these days, but expect more in the future, especially when a stable has multiple runners, and big prizemoney races!