Re: Tiring tracks? Why? (452 Views)

sekrah Wrote:
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> There's not enough water in those tankers to keep
> that track constant on a dry day.
>
> They weren't moderate fractions. Anyone who says
> that is wrong. In reality, based on the track
> speed, they were slightly quick fractions.
>
> Yes, it was a slow, tiring track. You can even see
> it in the next race afterwards when a bunch of
> solid OCL 75K horses near a 24/24/24.5 pace
> completely quit after 6 furlongs when they needed
> only 1 1/16.


So -- AP exited a very glib race track the race before the Derby (and ran big) and now will have exited a "slow, tiring track" heading into the Preakness with two weeks rest. Mean anything to you?