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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Trust but verify you say in your article.
So:
Why has Gulfstream Park has chosen the route it has chosen? Why isn’t it being made clear to horseplayers that these “about 7.5 furlong” races are really much closer to mile races, and often times even more than a mile? I don’t have the answers to these questions.
Yet here's the latest "about 7 1/2f" turf race from GP:
Race 6, 1/7/18: It lists a run up of 153 feet. That's 12 feet short from being dead smack between 7.5f and 8f.
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I'm surprised you don't see the biggest problem here. I'll spell it out. Giving a time for an exact distance while reporting it as about is deceptive. No other race in North America is handled this way, even at Gulfstream.
The other part you are ignoring is that the listed run up can't be trusted. Even Equibase sees this. Gulfstream isn't being truthful. It is impossible to calculate the actual run up distance. But time of the run up can be done.
