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re: Humans have gotten faster but horses haven't?
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:34 am to tigerdude3232
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:34 am to tigerdude3232
Give American Pharoah or Justify a couple of cycles of juice like Secretariat was on and lets see what happens
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Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:35 am to tigerdude3232
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Why have humans consistently been running faster and faster times in races while Secretariat still holds and unbreakable record at Belmont?
There has been a conspiracy among horses to sandbag. Secretariat broke the code...lucky he didn't get stitches afterwards.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:36 am to Mingo Was His NameO
second, third, and fourth fastest times and the Kentucky Derby were in 2001, 1964, 1985 respectively
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:36 am to tigerdude3232
Innovations in technique, training equipment, science of running, running equipment, etc. You're not gonna get that with a horse, and you can't modify its running style
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:37 am to tigerdude3232
but you still can't beat one in a race.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:38 am to OysterPoBoy
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I guess you’ve never seen that waterskiing squirrel.
This post was edited on 6/15/18 at 8:39 am
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:42 am to tigerdude3232
Secretariat had a genetic abnormality (large heart) that his offspring did not inherit. He was actually known as being a terrible stud, although he did produce good lines through his female offspring as broodmares, not racers.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:47 am to tigerdude3232
How do we really know humans have gotten faster? I wonder how fast we were 20k years ago, we sure as shite were a lot stronger on average.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:47 am to tigerdude3232
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:50 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Beau Jackson
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:51 am to tigerdude3232
This is a total and complete guess.
Horses have been evolving over a longer period of time and therefore have reached their zenith. Unless their environment changes and forces them to adapt in such a way that makes them faster, then they have likely reached their top speed as a species.
Horses have been evolving over a longer period of time and therefore have reached their zenith. Unless their environment changes and forces them to adapt in such a way that makes them faster, then they have likely reached their top speed as a species.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:57 am to LSUfan20005
too far back, I'm just talking about 1800-now
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:57 am to tigerdude3232
They are bred for sales and to be fast 2 year olds, not really to race anymore. Plus, we have to treat them with kid gloves and race less frequently because most are more fragile.
Also, a lot of performance enhancing drugs used to be legal.
I say most goes back to the breeding, though. Oh! And over here we breed for speed not necessarily speed carried far. Sprinters are every bit as fast or faster than ever.
Also, a lot of performance enhancing drugs used to be legal.
I say most goes back to the breeding, though. Oh! And over here we breed for speed not necessarily speed carried far. Sprinters are every bit as fast or faster than ever.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:57 am to ProbyOne
Beyond nutrition, training methods, etc., human population is climbing exponentially. The pool of potentially record-breaking athletes comes from the number of currently living humans.
Population went from about 2.5 billion in 1950 to about 7 billion today. More living people seems to imply more fast people.
Population went from about 2.5 billion in 1950 to about 7 billion today. More living people seems to imply more fast people.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:00 am to PearlJam
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Secretariat was juicing
You SHUT the frick up. I hope you burn in horse hell for even having that thought.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:01 am to LCA131
Clenbuteral used to be allowed
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:04 am to tigerdude3232
Show me evidence.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:12 am to Aspercel
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Plus, we have to treat them with kid gloves and race less frequently because most are more fragile
I say most goes back to the breeding, though.
If it wasn't for the rest of your post, I would have to ask if you were talking about horses are humans,
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:15 am to tigerdude3232
You would think running so that you can get laid every day for the rest of your life by a different piece of arse would be significant motivation for those frickers.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:15 am to Weekend Warrior79
Sorry
Most of the time I’m talking about horses.
Most of the time I’m talking about horses.
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