Rails

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by saratogadew

The farther the rails are out, the more it favors front end speed. It makes the turn tighter which is more difficult for closers to make that wide sweeping turn.

Actually it's the opposite of this, the turns are not as tight as the rails move out. The distance travelled around the turn increases as the rail is moved out. The horse in the two path will travel increasingly more ground than the one path as the rails move out.