25th January 2004, 02:12 PM
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stebbo is correct,
the swinging movement in the sulky is like riding a horse hands and heels...it's the shift of weight which spurs the horse on.
As far as I can recall, it's really only started happening in the last 20 years and I can't remember which driver started doing it.
As to the weight of the driver, obviously a few kilos here or there doesn't make as much impact on pacer or trotter because...
a) the horse is not galloping.
b) the horse is not "carrying" the weight, he is merely pulling it.
The weight he is pulling is only fractional to what he is capable of especially as he is not galloping.
You could walk a far longer distance with a brick, than you could run.
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