Lost with the Inner:
Two-turn races.
Yesterday at AQ besides the Tom Fool there were 3 stakes races, all run as one-turn miles: The Heavenly Prize, The Stymie, and The Gotham. Last year on the inner these races were contested around two turns at either a mile & a sixteenth, or a mile and an eighth.
Too bad. Two-turn races are just innately more interesting and visually appealing. The one-turn miles by contrast seem to be more of a drag-strip. Oh well...Progress, I guess.
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