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RUFFIAN 06-20-2018 09:18 PM

Royal Ascot: On Tv
 
Royal Ascot Races On Tv Every Morning @ Nbcsn Network
8:30 Am—-1 Pm Edt Every Day This Week! :{>:

JolyB 06-21-2018 06:36 AM

A spectacular race meeting. It blows me away to watch a race with 30+ runners. I'm still getting used to the way that the no-turn races seem to run with one cluster of horses along one of the rails and another cluster along the other rail. Then around the 2 furlong mark the two clusters sort of morph into one.

Very good racing every day. Two questions: Do the ordinary punters also have to purchase the top hats, and what color hat will The Queen wear today?

RUFFIAN 06-21-2018 10:33 AM

Fascinating
 
still getting used to the way that the no-turn races seem to run with one cluster of horses along one of the rails and another cluster along the other rail.

Then around the 2 furlong mark the two clusters sort of morph into one.
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ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING !

MAKES YA WONDER WHAT IS IN THEIR MIND
TO INSPIRE THEM TO DO THAT :zz:

WISH USA WOULD GET CREATIVE AND TRY THAT AT BELMONT BIG TRACK :{>:

JolyB 06-21-2018 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333 (Post 1111577)
WISH USA WOULD GET CREATIVE AND TRY THAT AT BELMONT BIG TRACK :{>:

Oh, the USA can be creative at times. There were stakes races for 2 year olds on the straightaway at Belmont many years ago. See quote below.


"In his 1925 book, "The Big Town", Ring W. Lardner refers to the then-recent directional change, when he has a character at Belmont say (speaking of a recent race) "At that time, they run the wrong way of the track, like you would deal cards". A later innovation was created by Joseph E. Widener, who took over track leadership when August Belmont II died in 1924: the Widener Chute. It was a straightaway of just under 7 furlongs (1.4 km) that cut diagonally through Belmont's training and main tracks, hitting near the quarter-pole of the main track; the course was removed in 1958"


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