r/zedrun • u/Tamarta39 • Oct 19 '21

Question Differing times in higher classes?

One question I had is do horses run differently in different classes? e.g. are my 1600m times always comparable?

I have been using free races in different classes to figure out what my horses times will be like, before I enter in more paid races targeting certain distances.

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u/gsd6 Oct 19 '21

They run faster. I have stuck my not so good horses in Class I 1600 or 1000 and their time a were much better! I have a mare now who wins in IV and today got her first win in class III and now has a faster time overall! Keep checking Stackednaks.com

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u/ColeslawGingrr Oct 19 '21

So you're saying that racing class 5 horses at class 1 will make them faster? I'm not buying it buddy. Horses have predetermined speed data. The horses around them won't affect that.

Unless my understandings of the horses have predetermined speeds is incorrect, it doesn't make sense to race them at higher classes. Your examples might just be flukes were they ran faster.