"Know Thy Track"
 

Here is the playing field for the 2009 Breeders Cup with run up infos from SA...the gate lines are approximate..

Tryin to compile (again....) a track to track info.. with the main focus on the internal splits and fractions for each level for their specific track.... Anybody willing to collaborate or share please e-mail me....

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Jess

Really cool! Where, oh where, did you find that photo!?

Jon

To the left To the left
 

Thanks Jess

Real important information and a excellent photo

I never realized how sharp that left turn down the hill
was for the 6.5 furlong hill and dale races

Bill

COOL photo1

Is that a harness track on the inside?



I tied to PM you, but I do not think it was sent.....doesn't show up in my sent box.

its the Training Track
 

That is the training track 5/8 wide ..same size as Fairplex and made up of mainly sand bottom...if u notice on the previous meet a few trainers worked their horses there n then go on to Fairplex and win...

43.3 is the norm
 

When we were kids....we snuck in with a block of ice to see how fast we can slide down that hill......I lived in a condo across from the track n then later moved to Sierra Madre which is a little Mayberry RFD above Arcadia... imagine sitting from the clubhouse on a beautiful clear fall day when the wind has blown away all the smog....and you see these beautiful horses going balllz out down the hill....with the beautiful background of the palm trees and the San Gabriel mountains .. its priceless!!!!

BTW: I still have my record score down that hill with this horse named "Air Worthy" that paid $96 for a $2 win ticket and the exacta returned like $530 per $5 ..thats the minimum then...and it was like my last $450 and i went all in.....the stress level was almost unbearable....but after that...every time i lose a race...my motto became....that last loss just put me closer to my next win....here comes "Air Worthy".... havent broke a $96 win yet but has come close :D

re:photo
 

I googled it and inserted all my infos...well almost all ...i still have the other infos for the missing distances for if your interested.

the ONLY right handed turn on any track in North America

google Earth
 

meant to say Google Earth Jon....
if u dont have the the program here is the download link

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html