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Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
It would appear that Los Al's circumference is a bit less than 1 mile, as there is a pole about 50 feet before the finish line.
And its chute on the backstretch seems to be on a slight angle, just like the one at Churchill Downs and the one at Old Jamaica.
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The extension of the quarterhorse oval to give it the mile circumference only came after the demise of Hollywood Park (2013-14), so the added loop bows out a little (kind of like the turn at Kentucky Downs, but to a lesser extent) to increase the radius of that turn for the thoroughbreds.
When they run a mile race, the run-up is 190 feet, 30 feet short of a furlong, so they pass the 16th pole before the race actually starts at the finish line. There's also a light pole between that 16th pole and the finish line.