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Originally Posted by dirty moose
Bill you also pointed something out to me once. It also depends on what track you are at. If you were at Belmont instead of Parx for instance, the 7 and 8 furlong race would both come out of the chute. The mile at Parx is a 2 turn race.
I don't know how much of an effect that has. But I'm sure it has some.
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Hi Matt
I mentioned this in my preliminary (napkin
) conversations on my research
of 7 furlong races
The early
pace of race in the 7 furlong races is much faster than at 1 mile.
They tend to go very slow around turn 1 at 1 mile.
I have not separated the mile distance to male and female or by age yet
but I have at 7 furlongs.
Here are the average Pace of race early fractions for 7 furlong and 1 mile
races, at Parx
This may be a reason why routers do well at Parx at 7 furlongs if they have run a plus race in a sprint