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Posts: 2596 (05/20/08 6:08 AM) UKRA President
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I have a hurdler, jumps preference 2 miles and I have bred him with a whole bunch of hurdlers (2m to 2m4f preference). Every last one of them came back with a
preferred distance of 3m4f yet not a single one of them stays past 2m4f.
Anybody else notice this anomally with the preferred distance indicator. |
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Posts: 217 (05/20/08 6:21 AM) |
Noticed same thing. Preferred distance is 4 mile 4 but none stays past 3 miles. However i have noticed that the older a horse gets the further it needs. My
gold cup winner, now age 8, finds the distance too short and needs further. At 5 he needed 3 miles and the gold cup was too far. He won this at 6 and 7 and now
it is too short at 8. Had similar expierences with weaker horses
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Posts: 1365 (05/20/08 10:00 AM) President
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I have just bred my first few horses and their preferred distance is a lot further than the parents, which is strange. I have not raced them yet as they are
having a year of scooling first...
One horse has a preferred distance of 4m4f, so im looking forward to running him once a season. 
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Whats Up Boys |
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Posts: 776 (05/23/08 7:22 AM) LOC Writer |
j v your horse wont stay 4m4f till its about 8,9,10 and even then its fav dis is around 4miles
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Posts: 1367 (05/23/08 7:27 AM) President
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I have noticed that they stay better with age, but the new patch helps with this problem now.
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J V |
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Posts: 1371 (05/26/08 4:28 AM) President
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From my experience so far it seems the preferred distance is very restrictive, i can have a top class horse over 3m4f but it wont win over 3m or 4m which is a
bit unrealistic.
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Posts: 3215 (05/26/08 9:22 PM) Aus Harness Racing |
i agree JV.
fair enough with flat horses a good 1000m horse wont neccesarily win a big 1400m race but usually Chaser's can run a variety of distances. My good 3200m horse finished tailed off last over 4000m which is a bit unrealistic.
TeeJay
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Posts: 224 (05/27/08 9:20 AM) |
JV use challenge earlier for short of best and challenge later for distance too far. You can normally get them to go over more distances than just the one by
doing this but I agree you can't get the 3 mile and 4 mile horse
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