Tim
I see your doing a hell of a job on your own tracking this..
I would say definitely a must on 1 + 2
3....I'd prefer a fast track , I dont know for sure if the horse relished the off going.
4...if the tandem horse ran close to the winner I'd expect a turnaround next time figuring the winner ran a top race and should retract from doing it again.
The Hat Check forum has been closed , so you got this in the right place
Keep us up to date with your progress and maybe we can get this concept going again
thxs
mike