Horse owner and trainer Jim Cramer first identified race horse running styles in 1979, having discovered how beneficial this was to betting. Cramer understood that every horse has a preference for how it wins a race. His ranking system is used in racing books to identify race horse running styles to this day, and gamblers use these designations in combination with the type of race that the horse is in to determine which horse they will bet on.
Instructions
1. Watch the horse you are evaluating during the race. If the horse starts in the lead and keeps the lead through the race to finish with a win, that horse is an "Early" or "E" horse. If the horse is wearing blinkers or blinders on the sides of his head, it can be considered an "E," even if it is a quarter-length behind the lead horse. It may not see the other horse and may not realize that it is not in the lead.
2. Keep an eye on your horse during the race to see if it stays less than a length behind the lead horse for the first quarter-mile, and then quickly surpasses the lead horse. If so, your horse is an "Early Presser" or an "EP."
3. Another type of horse doesn't stay within a length of the lead horse for the first quarter-mile, but catches up and is within a length of the lead by the half-mile, and then pulls ahead for the win. This horse is a "Presser" or a "P."
4. Observe if your horse can't get within a length of the lead horse for the first quarter or half-mile, but suddenly pulls up to within a length of the lead by the stretch call when the announcer says, "they are coming down the final stretch." If you horse manages to win the race at this point, it is a "Presser-Sustained" or a "PS."
5. Check if your hose does not seem to get within a length of the lead horse at the quarter-mile, half-mile, or stretch call, but still manages to pull ahead at the end for the win. This horse is "Sustained" or an "S."
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