Distance Angles

A change in distance occurs when the trainer enters the horse in a race whose distance is different from the previous race. For example, a horse may have been entered in a six furlong sprint and is now running in a route. This change in distance is entirely different from a switch in distance in which a horse ran in a sprint in its next to last race, ran in a route its last race, and today is entered in a sprint race again. The fact that a sprinter was entered into a route means the trainer wants to improve the horse's stamina so it will not come up short in its next start in a sprint race. The situation is reversed when a router's next to last race was a route, last race was a sprint, and today the horse is entered in another route. The trainer is trying to improve the horse's speed.

Other additional evidence such as a drop in claiming price in today's race indicates that the horse is well meant.