Why do trainers campaign horses over the wrong distance?

[bowles10]

a few examples come to mind Somersby - could tell last year this would be a 2m4f - 3m horse and thought surely they would have a look at possibly making it into a King George possible and then the Gold cup, so why run it in the 2m tingle creek only to see the horse taken off its feet due to the pace and then staying on up the hill at the finish for a place Kalahari King - again how badly did that run in The tingle creek, its deffo better over 2m 4f at least so what is murphy doing with the animal back at 2m?? Petit Robin - really good to see it back over 2m this season and proved by its excellent run in the tingle creek on saturday behind Master minded, once we get this on a flat track, i can see it hosing up big time as long as it avoids MM!! Henderson always knew it was a pure 2m horse so why bother over further last year? Twist Magic - what was nicholls going to prove trying to win the Peterborough over 2m 4f on Sunday. Again, its a basic 2m horse so dont mess about and take in the 2m races only I can only assume its down to the amount of races available for these horses however Punters have to be better informed and really should take account of the change in distances. :ok

[Trotter]

Re: Why do trainers campaign horses over the wrong distance? That's a big question ! I don't think a horse's 'trip' is as set in stone as you imply Surely a trainer can train a horse differently to get a different trip.........same as humans could. I mean Usain Bolt could probably adopt a different training regime and turn himself into a 400 metre runner over time - lose a bit of weight and muscle, do more stamina training, core strength development or whatever. Another thing is that horses naturally seem to change as the years go by. Most horses appear to lose speed and gain stamina with the passing years. I'm sure twist magic would be fine over 2.5 miles these days on a flat track whereas he might struggle over 2 miles against younger horses.