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8:30 Am—-1 Pm Edt Every Day This Week! :{>: |
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? |
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. ============================================ 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 :{>: |
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"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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