SAT - CRC Big4, DT@CD, AQU, & Lone Star

[herkhorse]

Gus, fine work as usual. Just curious, what did Wesley pay?

[Bogey]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Gus, fine work as usual. Just curious, what did Wesley pay?

Thanks HH, Wesley paid $6.80 to win and really improved with the addition of blinkers. I'm glad to see him back on the lawn and believe he could really make some noise in the mile turf division this year. That was a solid group he beat yesterday and he earned a 101 BSF for the effort. Definitely worth following.

[booner]

Originally Posted by philcski

Churchill has weird fractions a lot on 1 turn races. Very fast first quarters and slowing up quickly. My only explanation is the first quarter isn't measured correctly as the full 440 yards because you would be able to see horses slow up noticably on that kind of change in velocity.

Today:
2nd race, 21 4/5->1:12 6F
3rd race, 22 3/5->1:37 4/5 mile
4th race, 21 4/5->1:12 1/5 6F
5th race, 22 4/5->1:18 1/5 6.5F
6th race, 22->1:11 4/5 6F
8th race, 21->1:09 1/5 6F
9th race, 23 1/5->1:23 4/5 7F
10th race, 21 3/5->1:30 1/5 7.5F
11th race, 21 4/5->1:12 6F

That 8th race is going to be a monster figure.

There were strong winds that were behind the horses early and dead into them in the stretch. Would this have made a difference?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by booner

There were strong winds that were behind the horses early and dead into them in the stretch. Would this have made a difference?

Very much so. Would explain the quicker than average first quarters followed by slow final times (though the first quarters are always very quick at CD.) That is the typical summer wind at Churchill, from the southwest, and it's pretty strong with that huge parking lot surrounding the mile chute.

[booner]

Originally Posted by philcski

Very much so. Would explain the quicker than average first quarters followed by slow final times (though the first quarters are always very quick at CD.) That is the typical summer wind at Churchill, from the southwest, and it's pretty strong with that huge parking lot surrounding the mile chute.

I told some friends I thought the early fractions were a little quick for this early in the meet. Then once I thought about the wind, it started to make sense, but I wasn't for sure.