The title of this article may sound confusing but not once I begin to explain what it is that I am really saying. It is pretty well evident that in athletics, different distances suit different athletes. The reasons as to why this is so are both long and complex and well beyond the scope of this article. Usually the body type of an individual and their overall physiological make up dictate if they can even be an athlete at all.

This is similar to Horse Racing as most horses are simply not cut out to be race horses in the same way that most humans are not cut out to be athletes. Then we start to become immersed in the rather complex study of which types of athletes are suited to which types of distances. This is usually achieved through trial and error but the chest cavity also has an impact as well.

So it is clear then that humans differ greatly and their capacities to do certain things differ greatly as well. So what this means is that all athletes can only be truly successful at a high level at certain distances. While it is true that some athletes can be successful at different distances, the other distance is not that far removed from the original distance. A top athlete may be successful at both 100m and 200m or 200m and 400m. Or it could well be 800m and 1500m or even 5000m and 10,000m.

But you never see a 200m runner at 800m or vice versa. These same principles apply to horse racing perfectly and they apply to distances as well. You never see a 5f specialist running at 1.5 miles. These are so different as to be identical to a 100m runner running at 1500m……it just doesn’t happen. This is not to say that a 1500m runner could not run 100m…..of course they could. What I am actually saying here is that the 1500m runner simply would not possess the explosive power and speed of a specialist 100m runner and therefore would never achieve a top level of performance.

So what all this is leading to is that when horses are either stepping up or down in distance for the first time then there are always possibilities for problems. Usually this stepping up or stepping down process is all carefully calculated and it is usually the case that this is being done simply because the trainer believes that it may improve performance and not lessen it.

So what this means is that you cannot always assume that just because a horse is trying a distance for the first time that it is going to struggle. Quite often there is a marked improvement in the performance level at the new distance. This can often be observed when horses have poor or indifferent form at another level. The time to be careful is if a horse has had good form at a certain distance and is then moving up or down to a new distance for the very first time.

Related posts:

1. Is your horse about to do something for the first time? There is usually an old adage in Horse Racing that...
2. Form Analysis in Horse Racing For the novice horse racing punter then it can be...
3. Laying Systems for Horse Racing Thanks mostly to the growing usage of online betting systems,...
4. The Fear Inherent in Horse Racing In all forms of gambling, the lure of winning immediate...
5. The effect of the betting exchanges on horse racing Many people have often said that bookmaking is a licence...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.