Run up distances

[proximity]

Originally Posted by cj

Let me rephrase Glen's answer:

Andy,

We honestly don't care if people want consistent run up distances. We will put the gate wherever we feel like putting it. Live with it.

Glen

i'll be up on thursday. maybe glen can stop by the tent (?) and give a seminar on run-ups, tire tracks, and par times before the card?

[Show Me the Wire]

Inconsistent run-ups are unfair to the connections too. Imagine your horse gets caught in the last stride because the run-up is twenty feet further than the earlier race, which makes you suffer a significant financial setback in purse distributtion.


So you see it is a problem for the connections, as well as, the handicappers.

[Thomas Roulston]

It does make sense that, after the long run-up for the dirt mile (172 feet), the run-ups for the longer two-turn dirt races taper off steadily after that.

By the way, the run-up at 1 1/16 miles on the "all-weather" at Arlington - no more auxiliary finish line; see this link - is 150 feet, and the run-up for those ridiculous 1-mile dirt races at Keeneland is 210 feet, in addition to using an auxiliary finish line - and they had the nerve to run a Breeders' Cup race (the Dirt Mile) under such circumstances?

[fellowmen]

Originally Posted by cj

That is the point, the run ups are not consistent, even on the same race card. Some tracks are better than others, and some days more consistent than others.

It depends on how much sleep the tractorman got the night before