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The best way to win a horse race? Mathematicians may have the answer

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Christa Lesté-LasserreAttention racehorse jockeys: Start fast, but save enough energy for a final kick. That’s the ideal strategy to win short-distance horse races, according to the first mathematical model to calculate how horses use up energy in races.

The researchers say the approach could be used to identify customized pacing plans that, in theory, would optimize individual horses’ chances of winning.Every racehorse has different capabilities.

Like humans, some excel at sprinting, whereas others are marathoners. Figuring out which is which, and how to pace them, can be the difference between faltering in the final furlough and taking home the Kentucky Derby’s $1.3 million winner’s payout.

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