This year I didn't have to cut loose the Derby-- the race fit with the other 2 turn race (last race) on the card, and in fact pretty much fit with the routes from the previous day, with the variant being 1/2 point away from the one I used for the Oaks.

The decision to split sprints and routes isn't made by looking at internal fractions. Over time we have found that there isn't NECESSARILY a fixed relationship between one and two turn races-- track maintenance, weather conditions, shade, whatever, affect the relationship. So we split them as a matter of course-- sometimes they correlate, sometimes they do not.



TGJB