Quote, Unquote: Dean Hoffman

 

"A variety of races takes some of the predictability and monotony out of racing, and it also allows horses to fit in different categories, such as being known as a sprinter or an endurance horse." 

- Dean Hoffman, former executive editor of Hoofbeats quoted in the August 1989 issue of Northeast Harness News, explaining why a variety of distances were used in European harness races.