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Originally Posted by RacingFan1992
I was watching the third race at Mahoning Valley which was a 12 furlong event with a final time of 2:38 flat. My question is why is there such a degree of difference in time versus higher level 12 furlong events such as the Belmont or Brooklyn? Is it the track, weather conditions, field quality, etc? I was shocked to see it ran so slow. It was 8 seconds slower than a really slow Belmont.
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I made my very first spot play and horses to watch list from this type of race I call "the mid-winter marathon." I've seen this type of race run at distances up to and over two miles.
In general the entries come from strong older geldings who have lifetime ITM%'s in the 50% range much like #4 Secret Jackpot in this race. I think the horsemen are asking the racing sec. for a race like this in these cases. They are FUN to watch and wager on and it they are usually competitive races.
A couple I recall from the old list were Thousand Palms and the IL based Edward G. Equibase may still offer the lifetime records on these two.
http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Res...183®istry=T
Older runners in the middle of the winter going long in the last race at Turfway Park late, late at night. The times are usually irrelevant because of varying tactics the trainers will use. You never know when someone will try to pull a wire job. Most look like they are run similar to a jump race without the hedges. At any class level they are well below runners trying this distance in the spring, summer and fall. Still, very strong runners with plenty of racing spirit left in them.