Every thoroughbred racing horse is an individual athlete with its own unique skills and personality quirks. While saddles, stirrups, teeth and bits are standard equipment that each horse wear in competition so that their jockeys ride them and control their movements improve some horses with additional headgear such as B. Blinker.
Blinkers are cups that are usually made of plastic that are attached to a hood on the head of a horse. They are positioned near every eye and are used to limit the view of a horse when it runs.
Why should a horse turn signage need to limit the view? Because some horses are more distracted than others, and indicators prevent them from being behind them or next to them during a race. Horses have eyes on each side of their heads and therefore have almost panoramic perspective, the only places that they cannot see are right behind and right in front of the nose.
A trainer will therefore add blinker to a horse to improve the focus during a race, which could aid a horse that brings out an early speed out of the starting gate and uses this speed to set the pace, or to aid a horse that is preferable to get in the breeds early and to concentrate on the goals before the lead (other horses) will try, in the home stud. to pass. The indicators can be cut into different lengths, depending on how much view a horse trainer wants to restrict. Remember that turn signals, as you can add, can also be removed from a horse that you wore when the coach believes that you hinder his skills.
If the equipment works as intended, the performance of a horse can improve by jumping and boundaries. For example, the current Kentucky Derby candidate Burnham Square took second and third place in his first two races and was positioned far back in the field both times before it was behind schedule. Trainer Ian Wilkes then added blinker to Burnham Square, and in his following two races the gelding was much closer to the early lead and won both times with a combined edge of 10 ¾ lengths.
Bonus explanation: What is a shadow role?
A Shadow rollerOr a piece of fleece that is attached to the nose band of a bridle is a device that also limits the view of a race horse so that it does not try to jump shadow on the track if/when it hits them what it slowed down.
