Garrett At The Shore

[philcski]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

If you want people coming to the race track and seeing 'name' horses, trainers and jocks, then I'm sure that MTH will offer that, and successfully. If you want to repeat the AQU Inner (+ turf races) or GP experience, then MTH summer is the place to be. I can't see how anyone plays this track seriously -- with or without big purses. With all the 'fair' options out there (WO, being the best of them) and all the tracks that offer real money making opportunities (WO again at the top of the list given the large fields) why would anyone play this bull ring?

I wouldn't play this track over BEL/SAR. Tracks like this need to be developed.

Perception: Monmouth Park is speed-biased.
Reality: Monmouth Park is not more friendly to speed by a statistically significant margin, although it is mildly more friendly.

average winner's position (lengths behind at the 2nd call) by track:
CD 6F 1.46
MED 6F 1.26
AQU 6F 1.26
AQUI 6F 1.14
BEL 6F 1.13
SAR 6F 1.01
MTH 6F .96

CD 8F 3.43
MED 8F 3.06
AQU 8F 3.02
BEL 8F 2.94
AQUI 8F 2.93
MTH 8F 2.45
SAR 8F *** Not a distance run. (7F = 1.77)