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Originally Posted by Cratos
I don't use "run up" at all in my calculations and it can easily be proven mathematically that the run up distance has a very nebulous effect on the final time of the race with possibly one exception and that is when the start of the race is close to the turn in a short sprint race.
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I think this is true for most distances. But, very short run ups certainly give much different final times than longer ones. All one has to do is watch 6f races at Pimlico and 6f races at Churchill and compare them and it has nothing to do with the proximity of the turn in those cases.