All horses have their preferred running style. It is our job as a handicapper to correctly evaluate and assign that to each contender.

We talk about early runners, pressers, and sustained running styles. Listen as we dive in on how it is more important to see where is horse is positionally.

Horses have to beat each other, not beaten lengths. That is the first step to understanding how to accurately handicap a race.

Patterns start to emerge when you talk about running styles. We’ll discuss some common patterns we see with specific running styles.