Actually, you are both right on your points, but don't let me get in the way of a good scrap.
In a 6F race, I count 7 trees in which two big ones block the horses completely at two separate points down the backstretch, but for really less than a second. Vic might have been guilty of hyperbole as the horses certainly disappear for longer than a millisecond.
But dilansp is correct in that if you were at grandstand level you're going to be looking at the infield big screen quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Oaklawn? We have "ONE" tree that takes a millisecond to pass. In fact I didn't even realize it was there until reading your post.
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Originally Posted by dilanesp
Really? I think you have trees at the 7 furlong pole, the backstretch, and the 5/16 pole. If I ever get to Oaklawn (I hope to do so someday- my mother, who just died, wanted to go and even got to know the late Terry Wallace, but never went), I will do a tree census.....
Is it possible you don't notice the trees because you are up so high atop the grandstand? They certainly look like they obstruct vision on TV and in the seats.
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