Photographing horse racing?

[Event-Rider]

Firstly, sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. I am new to the forum!

I am doing A level photography at school and for my current project, I have chosen to photograph horse sport.

I am going to Wincanton Racecourse tomorrow to take some pictures.
I have a Pentax K-x with kit lenses 18-55mm and 50-200mm.

I have been told that if you stand in the middle section of the racecourse, then you can get fairly near to the last fence.

What I would like to know, is whether my 50-200mm lens is going to be good enough to get any relatively suitable pictures of the horses jumping.

If not, it looks like I will be stuck taking pictures of the horses in the paddock, which will be rather boring!

Thank you

 

[Tobers]

200mm will be plenty long enough if you are close enough to the horses. The only time I've done horse racing I went to the inner rail as they were closest there as they came around. It was flat racing though so no jumps. Also, go to the start gate thingy as that can be quite cool when they set off.

Try a few different styles - slow shutter speed to get some blur for example, and close in detail shots.

Oh, and might be worth moving this post to the sports section.

 

[Event-Rider]

Thank you every much.
How do I move it?