Re: Frankel Quotes (336 Views)
Date: June 02, 2005 07:05PM
JB,
One of things I'm interested in is the composition of the track vs. moisture content. From what I recall of your write-ups, there's more sand now vs. clay in the past and that accounts for why today's sandy tracks often get faster when you add moisture and the clay tracks of the past got slower. That's consistent with what I remember and have seen in very old PPs.
My question is this.
Suppose the cushion is deeper these days, but the moisture content is higher and somehow those factors offset.
I also seem to recall cushions of 3 - 3 1/4 when I first started going to the races (and had enough of a clue to actually notice something like that). The other day at Belmont it was 4 and 4 1/4.
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