run-up times

In an effort to provide more accurate and consistent timing for horses across all distances, Assiniboia Downs will eliminate the run-up to the start pole for all the races at its upcoming season. Horses will now be clocked as soon as they leave the starting gate at the Winnipeg oval. In the past, horses had been given about 25 feet to run before the clock starts. "We know that the accuracy of the distances and timing of our racing is critical to our horseplayers, and we want to take full...

by Thoroughbred Idea Foundation While Aunt Pearl's performance in the [GII] J.P. Morgan Chase Jessamine S. Oct. 7, 2020 was an impressive gate-to-wire score in a sizzling time, smashing the stakes record by more than two seconds, the pesky un-timed portion of nearly every American race played a role in the eye-popping clocking. "Run-up" is the distance from where the gate is placed and the timing of the race begins--that is, the point at which the horses reach the published distance of the race. The Jessamine, and nearly every other...