Facing the Breeze
Generally speaking owners, trainers and handicappers/punters don't want to hear a race caller say a horse is "three wide and facing the breeze..." This indicates that the horse is outside without cover and covering more ground and invariably using more energy to do so. While some horses (and jockey and trainers for that matter) do like to be a little wide and out of trouble, and relax into a rhythmical stride in doing so, this position (or any wider) generally exposes the (re