2yo maiden winners – does the distance of the race matter? And if it does, where does it lead me?

2yo racing lends itself to research I find and I have spent several hours and days this year crunching my way through 2yo data. For this article I am looking at 2yo maiden winners and whether the distance that they achieved their win over makes any difference or not in their next three starts. I think it is always worth looking beyond just one future run where possible when analysing data and ideas.

My theory before researching this, was that horses that won over further were the probably the better runners to follow in subsequent runs. Why I felt this, was simply down to the fact that most of the classier 2yos tended to appear later in the season and hence usually over longer distances. Whether this theory had any validity I was soon to find out.

The full article explores with researched facts and figures this question in detail