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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Not only do my splits at least make sense ... but paces in 6.5f Saratoga sprints are NOTORIOUSLY fast.
For instance, take a look at the first 6.5 furlong sprint race run at Saratoga last year.
http://www.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorseD...80724&raceNo=7
Knights Cross and Street Magician went head to head through a 21.52 opening quarter going 6.5 furlongs ... the ended up finishing 2nd beat one length and 4th beaten one and a half lengths.
Next out King's Bishop winner Visionaire won the race in time of 1:17.15 over a track that was EXTREMELY dull compared to the one yesterday.
About half of the races run at 6.5fs at Saratoga last year saw a 21 and change opening quarter. |
I read in the charts that the run-up for the race is 64 feet. A few questions:
1. Is that the same as in other races?
2. Is that normal for most tracks?
3. If it's not normal, what is normal?
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