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Originally Posted by JJP
Maybe you're right. But it does seem odd that they'd take what amounts to, a completely unused distance and start carding many races at it. I saw one day they ran SIX races at 1 1/16. Let me clarify on the running styles at 1 1/16m; speed horses are helped enormously by a short stretch run and short run to the first turn; just check mile races at OP. The fact that AP's result distribution doesn't have a high percentage of w/w winners at 1 1/16 miles is just further evidence of how tiring that track is.
As for Haw, yes speed can carry well, especially on days the rail is great. I also should point out that their spring meets are generally plagued by very small fields, which are less likely to be gapped out big, or have hard 3 way pace battles. I haven't had a chance to see the opening day results; I'm curious to see how the track played.
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thats a good point, 5-6 horse fields inherently favor speed horses on any track, and Hawthorne sometimes has bunches of them.