What is the best way to ride a closer such as Flying Post in a sprint?
I have won sprints with Heavy Fog, but she's flexible/midpack or flexible/far back, so I can send her to the front in a sprint, and she then wins from the front, or from very close to the front.
I've found Flying Post to be brilliant over longer distances, but I battle with her in sprints. Is it possible to win sprints with Flying Post, or other horses who have to come from behind?
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I've won a few 6 or 6.5f sprints with Heavy Fog, but she's probably easier to ride in sprints than Flying Post, because she's flexible/midpack or flexible/far back, so you've got the option of sending her straight to the front, and either leading or running close to the pace, unlike Flying Post, who has to come from behind.
I did actually win a 6 or 6.5f sprint with Flying Post the other day, but she was in one of the outside stalls, so I didn't have to worry about keeping her out of traffic, and the other horses may not have been top sprinters.
I've certainly learnt to avoid riding a closer out of an inside stall in a sprint, since it's very difficult, indeed almost impossible, to avoid traffic. I'll ride closers out of inside stalls over longer distances, since then there's more time to get the horse out of traffic, but even over longer distances, I find it easier ride a closer out of an outside stall.
The horses you are riding are riding themselves. You almost cant lose with them. Try to ride some longer shots to test your riding ability. Most of the horses you talk about are easy wins. You will never know how good you can be or are if you keep riding the no brainers. IT'S hard to beat a horse with ASR 20 points higher. Start out with two horses with about the same ASR's and take the longer shot.
I only ride the really good horses because I know that my jockey skills are too poor for me to have any chance with a longshot.
I've actually managed to get top horses, including Juliet, Jury Duty, and Lightening, beaten because of my shocking jockey skills!
I find it hard enough to judge pace, keep clear of traffic, ride different horses' running styles, judge how hard to push the horse, and judge when to start making my move when riding a really good horse, so if I ride a longshot that can barely keep up with the rest of the field, I feel that I'm not really learning anything, and I find that I get frustrated.
I appreciate your advice, it's just that I've had too many frustrating rides on horses like Blue Legend, who isn't capable of winning anything, and I'd rather ride a horse who actually is capable of winning.
Would Carson Secrets and Warwick Hunt be suitable longer shots to test my skills?
Check out My shared races i saw your post and was very interested so i tried it to see i came in a close 2nd with flying post lost to 15minsofam by a nose it was a pretty good race