South African track layout

[46zilzal]

Watching the races at the top of the lane, there is a widening of the strech ( a bulge OUT if you will) so that the field has to go wider than if the rail were continuous.....Never saw that one before.

[kenwoodallpromos]

Is that for starting gate for routes?

[46zilzal]

nowhere near the gate placement. It is as if the powers that be wanted the entire field to fan out before running. If a rider hugges the rail, he would have to wide to but could then DROP over to the narrower part of the lane. I think they have a website and I am going to look it up.

[46zilzal]

http://www.saftote.com/racecourses-arlington.aspx

here are the diagrams and I am looking them over

[kenwoodallpromos]

The main comments I see are speed, speed, speed.

[highnote]

You can try emailing Nick Mordin at his website nickmordin.com. He used to live in S. Africa and bet horses for a living there. He kept speed figures there, and I know he knows the idiosycracies of each course.