17th July 2012, 07:49 PM
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This is the hurdle with trying to work out barrier impact.
As a group it doesn't have as much impact as other filters, but it certainly does at certain tracks over certain distances.
I think it's the 1600m start at Caulfield, there is a rise before a tight turn and any horse stuck out wide has to travel three times the distance as a railer.
Wide barriers are a huge disadvantage.
There are many individual cases where the barrier draw is crucial, but as a group it doesn't make much impact because it evens out.
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