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Old 01-30-2007, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
I don't know how seriously this was discussed, but it is an impossibility because of Gulfstream's already short stretch. Gulfstream's full stretch is 898 feet. If you start and finish 9 furlong races at the 1/16th pole, you'd have a stretch measuring a whopping 568 feet, that's even shorter than 5/8 mile tracks like Fairplex and Los Al.

NT
You're probably right but I would be curious to know the stretch distance at Keeneland when they use the first finish line there?
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