I've been playing horses since the 70's. Not very well, jajaja.

I have long felt that dirt courses that yield fast times favor speed types. The reasoning goes that a course that can be navigated easily will allow front runners to not get tired.

I have never proposed such a thing in print. I don't recall ever voicing this view. Would anyone care to tell me if this is reasonable, or absurd, or anything pertinent?

Having just now begun to consider Saturdays big race, and being a fan of Not This Time, I looked at Six Speed with a slanted eye. Wow, great family, going back to Get Lucky, Numbered Account, and way back LaTroienne.

Big Speed. But he got run down last time, and that is all a lot of people need to know. Dismissed. But I took note of the time 1:59 & change, and saw the other prep run at the same distance went about 4 seconds faster. Huh, could have been a tiring track, right?

I have long held the opinion that a great betting situation is sometimes found when you can find reason to think a runner will defeat a rival who previously beat him.

Hence my question. Is a track that yields slower times beneficial to a closing type, or is this silly?