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California's problem is that its tracks are small compared with tracks in other parts of the country.
Maybe a new track can be built with specifications like this, as I have posted here previously:
Main Track
1 1/4 mile symmetrical oval (straightaways 1,650 feet, turns 1,650 feet each)
Distance from last turn to finish line = 1,320 feet
Distance from finish line to first turn = 330 feet
Backstretch chute = 1 1/16 miles
"Ellis Park" chute = 1 1/8 miles
"Nursery Course" chute = 3 furlongs
Canterbury Park "nub chute" = 4 furlongs (660 feet long, stem of chute at 7/16 pole, at 108-degree angle)
For 1 3/16 mile races, run-up is 150 feet; horses loaded into gate from the outside in rather than the inside out (see 1 1/4 mile races on the dirt at Belmont) with temporary "mini-rail" guiding the horses onto the clubhouse turn at the appropriate angle
Width of track = 120 feet throughout
Outer Turf Course
1 1/8 mile oval (straightaways 1,650 feet, turns 1,320 feet each)
Distance from last turn to finish line = 1,320 feet
Distance from finish line to first turn = 330 feet
Outside rail of Outer Turf Course = 18 feet inside of inside rail of Main Track (same as Laurel)
Width of course = 87 feet throughout
Inner Turf Course
6 1/2 furlong oval (straightaways 1,320 feet, turns 825 feet each)
Distance from last turn to finish line = 990 feet
Distance from finish line to first turn = 330 feet
Outside rail of Inner Turf Course = 20.6 feet inside of inside rail of Outer Turf Course
9/10 mile (7 furlongs, 132 feet - same as Golden Gate Fields and formerly, same as Santa Anita) course with inner rail set at 73 feet, allowing 5 furlongs and 1 1/2 mile races
One chute = at 1/4 mile pole, for 1 mile 70 yards and 1 1/16 mile races on 6 1/2 furlong course
Width of course = 73 feet on 6 1/2 furlong course and 64 feet on 9/10 mile course
With a 120-foot-wide main track that can accommodate very large fields, and a long stretch which should prevent any ridiculous speed bias, and every distance able to be run on both dirt and turf, such a track is bound to be a huge success.
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