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    Quote Originally Posted by Godspot View Post
    It's early days yet I know but I got a sneaky feeling we're in for an interesting year considering:

    3yo’s vs their Elders!

    At Leopardstown on Guineas Trial day, the fastest race on the card was won by a 3yo, Baglioni(Ire), running against older horses.

    At Kempton(aw) last week, joint fastest race was run by Mark Johnston’s 3yo, Duellist, (rated 81 & carrying 9-0), who clocked a time in a h’cap exact as the 4yo Shamwari Lodge(Ire), (rated 105 & carryiong 8-12) did in a Listed race for older horses.

    At Dundalk the same day, Ed Lynam’s, 3yo Sole Power, had 4 older horses officially rated higher than himself held when running easily the time of the meet & a full second below standard.

    At Musselbrough a day later, Bryan Smart’s 3yo filly, Esuvia(Ire), clocked time of the meet in a 3yo (0-73) while there was 3 (0-85)’s for older horses on the card.

    & I’m not the only one who noted there were a lot more than usual 2yo Course Records broken last year.

    17 Juvenile Crse Recs in 09

    3 @ York, 1 @ Newmarket, 1 @ Newbury, 1 @ Musselbrough, 1 @ Lingfield, 1 @ Leicester, 1 @ Haydock 1, @ Hamilton, along with the All Aged like Arcano @ Deauville too, 1 @ Folkstone,

    & 4 @ Doncaster but that course has not been going very long & 1 @ Ascot similar story there too.
    Ah! There tis -

    Going to be putting a blog together with a bold prediction for 2012 - 'that there are going to be some flying fast 5yo's this coming flat season.'

    It is said that a sprinter 'peaks' in the spring of the 5th year - if so - then that 2009 crop of Course Record breaking 2yo's will be 5 this year. I note the 5f course record was broken by a 5yo, Ghostwing the other day & 5yo's seem to be dominating the races at Meydan... There's one going today @ Lingfield, Oasis Dream (bit short but interesting). Watch out for the 5yo's this season

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    I think the majority of horses peak at 5, but we don't see the class animals get to that age. The ones we do see tend to do well. A horse isn't fully grown until it is 5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    I think the majority of horses peak at 5, but we don't see the class animals get to that age. The ones we do see tend to do well. A horse isn't fully grown until it is 5.
    Has something to do with muscle formation though - muscles required for sprinting develop later than others & it's another reason (besides the weight-for-age scale) that 3yo's do better against their elders at longer (10f+) trips than shorter. All stems from some research N Mordin carried out a few years ago / or rather, his theory to explain the results of his research.

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