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Is 7 furlongs a quirky distance?
I've noticed something about 7 furlong races: routers win
these races more often than they win races at the 5.5, 6
and 6.5 furlong distance.
Sprinters usually win sprint races and routers usually
win route races--usually. There are always exceptions.
But I've noticed that with 7 furlong races the numbers
seem to shift.
This is probably also true for 7.5 furlong races, but
that is such a rarely run distance anymore that it hardly
comes up.
Anybody else notice this?
This creates a small problem matching up. If routers are
winning an abnormally high percentage of these races,
then when you pick a route pace line for the horse it
won't appear to match up because of the slower route
fractional times.
What to do?
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