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Old 01-25-2009, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost
A topic that I have made my goal to learn as much as possible about this year -

The difference in tracks. A classic current example is Calder versus Gulfstream. The deep Calder racing surface versus Gulfstream. In addition, the difference between Aqueducts Inner and Main, the long stretch at Churchill etc and how it affects the way you cap a past performance in relation to the track it is being run at.
I don't think the specific track matters as much as the biases that go along with them. But obviously those could change daily if not hourly due to weather and other factors.
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