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Old 05-02-2007, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jman5581
That's the truth of the matter.

No it really isn't...any horse in any position can encounter problems that is true but the chances are greatly increased inside at CD...stand in the starting gate in post position #1 and look straight ahead...you'll see the inside rail...because of the track layout, inside horses will be squeezed and this will make for considerable bumping and many horses lose the race in the run to the first turn....the last winner from pp#1 was Ferdinand with the great Shoe aboard...he was a dead closer and the Shoe dropped him back and threaded the needle like only one of the all-time greats could do!
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