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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
My premise is that if the track was still as fast as it was earlier on the card then Monomoy Girl would have broke a track record as well.
It's shaky evidence to say they did not slow the track down because she almost broke a track record (so did Whitmore) and because Authentic's hand-timed race was a track record at a distance hardly ever run at that track.
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Ok, I get it now although I still disagree. The point about the 10f being rarely run is a legit one but he still set the record for the distance. I would just contend that if it was so fast that not only did Nashville obliterate the record but also the runner-up Wild Wes probably broke the track record......and they slowed it up to where the BC Sprint winner couldn't break the old record, then I would think that Monomoy Girl's figure would be much higher. Giving her a figure of 100 makes it look like yeah, it was a great time but the track was so fast that it wasn't as great as it appeared, the same reason why Nashville only got a 102.
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