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3 Responses to “In horse racing, how do they determine which position the horse starts the race in?”
It is a random draw. FOr the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, the draws were shown live on ESPN.
They were done differently though.
for the Derby, a “order to choose” was randomly drawn the Wednesday morning before the race. In that oder, the person for the particular horse went to a huge board and chose his post position. Big Brown had the 16th draw our of 20 and chose Post 20.
The Preakness, a marble with a number was dropped randomly out of a bottle and a horses name was drawn to pair up post positions and horses.
In either case, it is the fair thing to do. .
It has nothing to do with the win/loss record of the horses.
Ricky
don,t they all come out of a starting gate at the same time ?. this is what i thought.
Judy
It is a random draw. FOr the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, the draws were shown live on ESPN.
They were done differently though.
for the Derby, a “order to choose” was randomly drawn the Wednesday morning before the race. In that oder, the person for the particular horse went to a huge board and chose his post position. Big Brown had the 16th draw our of 20 and chose Post 20.
The Preakness, a marble with a number was dropped randomly out of a bottle and a horses name was drawn to pair up post positions and horses.
In either case, it is the fair thing to do. .
It has nothing to do with the win/loss record of the horses.
Thomas
yes its a random draw, its the same in racing all over the world