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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
One offs I would tend to agree.
Ten in a row, though; probably has a lot to do with the horse. Kelly Kip himself set multiple track records.
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It isn't a one off. Look at the track records at most tracks and the horses are obscure for most distances. Obviously the best horses set track records more than not very good horses. But tracks are much different these days than in the past, especially the 70s where horses ran over tracks with much less cushion.
Obviously I'm too young to know that from personal experience, but I've heard it from multiple people I trust from different segments of the game. It is very hard for modern horses to break track records that have been around a long time for reasons that don't have a lot to do with the ability of the horses IMO.
