Laurel One Mile Races

[LRL Racing]

Could someone tell me if Laurel one mile races are one turn or two turns.

Thanks,

[jballscalls]

Pretty sure its a 1 mile and 1/8 track, thus they'd be one mile, not positive, but 99 percent sure.

[Cesario!]

From their website:

Track -

Dirt:

• 1-mile 600 feet oval with a 7 1/2 furlong chute to first finish line
• One turn mile chute to second finish line
• Length of stretch from last turn to first finish line -- 1,089 feet
• Length of stretch from last turn to second finish line -- 1,419 feet
• Width of track - 92 feet.
  

Seth

[Murph]

If I am not mistaken - there are 5 tracks that card
one mile races around one turn. The triple crown tracks along
with HOL and AP.

The information on the Laurel website indicates a seperate finish
line for 7.5 furlong races. I couldn't find a race at this distance
in my records. Can a LRL trackman recall the last 7.5F race that
LRL carded?

Churchill Downs is a one mile oval. They run one mile races
around one turn because of how close the start of a two turn
mile would be to the first turn. It is about 100 yds. Some one
mile tracks deal with this issue by not carding races at one mile.

The other tracks listed are 1 and 1/8 mile ovals or larger. If
I've missed any tracks that card a one turn mile please inform
everyone.

The links below are the track info pages served from the free
information provided by The Daily Racing Form online.

DRF Track Info for Laurel Park
DRF Track Info for Belmont Park
DRF Track Info for Arlington Park
DRF Track Info for Churchill Downs
DRF Track Info for Hollywood Park

Murph

[jballscalls]

Originally Posted by Cesario!

From their website:

Track -

Dirt:

• 1-mile 600 feet oval with a 7 1/2 furlong chute to first finish line

Seth

600 feet equals 200 yards, 200 yards equals pretty much a furlong, so i was darn close with my mile 1/8 guess LOL

[OTM Al]

I am sure the following tracks have 1 mile - 1 turn races

Aqueduct Outer Dirt Track
Belmont (1 turn on the turf too)
Churchill
Gulfstream
Laurel

Pimlico I am pretty sure does not have 1 turn miles. I don't follow Arlington enough to know for sure, but it is big enough that it probably does. Same for Hollywood

If the track is 1 1/8 m, then the 1 mile races must be 1 turn

[delayjf]

Hollywood does not card 1 turn mile races anymore, they did at one time. Hollywood does card races at 1 1/16. The run into the first turn is about 1/16 of a mile with about a 40 yard run up. When they expanded their track back in the 80s all they did was lengthen the stretches 1/16th of a mile each, which is what Gulfstream Park did. Saratoga / Ellis Parks extra length is on the turns.

Ellis Park was designed after Saratoga when it had a 1 mile chute, Saratoga got rid of theirs but Ellis park still cards races at a mile that comes out of a chute and into the first turn.

Oaklawn moves the start / finish line back to the 1/16th pole for its mile races.

[shanta]

aqueduct main
arlington
belmont
belmont turf - main
churchill
gulfstream
laurel
Woodbine - Turf - Outer

Richie

[Murph]

Thanks for helping me remember this important info.

Murph