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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
If it's any consolation, the off-the-hill turf course at SA has proven in the past to be more friendly to miler-types than pure-sprint types in the those 6.5f dashes. Are you familiar with the course? They start up on the hillside, 'way across the backstretch parking lot; after a bit of straight, they make a right-hand bend, then cut across to the opposite rail to make a long, sweeping left-hand turn. It is downhill until the horses get to the place where they cross the main track with about 1 furlong to run on another straight. It's not clear why miler-types do so well on it, they just do.
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The 6 1/2 is down hill is fiendly to horses that change leads well and since most mile turf coarses have tighter turns the turf milers fit the down hill.