Re: Changing Track Speeds: A Derby Contender Case Study Perhaps (706 Views)
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bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: February 11, 2006 08:22PM
Jerry - Here’s an even more dramatic example of track speed changing from race to race.
Rockport Harbor won the G3 Essex Hcp in 1:47.68 for the 1 1/16 miles.
The race immediately before this, a Maiden Special Weights, was won by a 3YO named Sayhellotolarry in 1:47.42 for the same distance in similar front running fashion while setting faster early fractions.
Either a) Rockport Harbor is a very poor graded stakes for older horses winner or
b) Sayhellotlarry is suddenly a new Derby contender or,
c) there was a dramatic change in track speed from one race to the next.
What kind of maintenance did they perform to the track between these 2 races? I’d be interested in seeing what figures these 2 get relative to each other.
Bob