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Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
They do it every time they run a 1 1/16 mile dirt race (see also Gulfstream). Conceivably they could also use it to run 7 1/2 furlongs on turf, but so far they haven't.
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This isn't correct. The alternate finish is used based on the number of horses to run in the 1 1/16m races. I believe it is 9 or more horses to race and they will use the alternate finish. This is why race 1(6 horses)and race 4(8 horses) and race 5(8 horses)yesterday didn't use the alternate finish but race 8(12 horses)did.