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Originally Posted by ScottJ
The rail is moved to rest sections of the track. Once the rails are moved, paths on the "new" track are preserved by positioning the gate towards the outside rail when possible.
When horses break from the gate, there is additional cut in the ground created by the initial launch of forward momentum. Hence, setting the gate towards the outside saves that cutting.
Also worth mentioning is that the gate - which itself is heavy - does not need to be rolled across as much of the grass course.
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Then why do they at time roll empty stalls inside the temp rail? That happens often, as I'm guessing you know.
