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I think I'm gonna go with the guy who trained horses for 40 years
The business will be a lot tougher when the veterans die out.
The tell-tale sign of repeating untruths is when a person says "I trained and raced horses for 40 years". The accepted beliefs from the past are almost always wrong.Here is an example " because of the direction in which we race and the pulling motion on their right side in the turns. That is why i have found across the board pacers almost always bow in the right front." The root is this fallacy is the belief that the outside limbs take a disproportionate load in the turns. It's likely that the belief stems from 4 wheel autos where we all know the outside tires take almost all the stress in the turns. Not so for horses.. in a turn the inside legs migrate towards the centre line and the outside legs aren't much more than outriggers for a brief duration. The most compelling studies on inner versus outer injuries come from Australia where the incidence of splint bone displacement was tracked and quantified.Of course fatigue on the inside prompts extra load on the outside so the chicken and the egg conundrum will always be present.
Right on the Money!
They are both great love them all why argue about this nobody will prove anything.
Is either gait, trot or pace, more susceptible to injury or soundness problems?
this was the original question and it is something I have pondered often so I offered my opinion - Pacers. wasn't really arguing. I supported my position with observations and facts, but that Ramone guy was making some weird statements and quoting some down under study.
He was accurate in a the study. But seemed a bit argumentative. Almost sounded like he was Mark Harder.
Just wanna be good people with you, buddy! You are a bit weird but seem to know alotta shit and your posts are quirky and funny too
I'd actually like to see that study. Did you know where it can be found?
