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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
To create mystery.  Most of the time a mile & 70 is run because the track configuration doesn't lend itself to a mile or a mile & 1/16 races. it is pretty hard to run both a mile and mile & 1/16 at most 6f tracks and is virtually impossible at 4F bull rings. |
A mile and a sixteenth is a mile and 110 yards. If a track shouldn't be running a mile and 110 yard races, they probably shouldn't run a mile and 70 yard races either. 40 yards doesn't mean much to horses running at top speed.
