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Originally Posted by Dahoss
Wasn't that for the network to kind of get an idea of how to film the Belmont itself?
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Yes, but it was also almost always the case in the days before TV. Like the Count Fleet, Whirlaway era, etc. When I studied there races ... they carded a cheap race at 12fs on dirt the day of their Belmont.
A couple years, the companion race at 12fs actually was run in faster time than the Belmont Stakes.
1944 for instance, a cheap handicap for Older Males was run in 2:32 flat just one race after Bounding Home won the Belmont Stakes over Pensive in 2:32 1/5